behold的词源

英文词源

behold

behold: see hold

behold (v.)

Old English bihaldan (West Saxon behealdan) "give regard to, hold in view," also "to keep hold of, to belong to," from be- + haldan, healdan (see hold). Related: Beheld; beholding. A common West Germanic compound, compare Old Saxon bihaldan "hold, keep," Old Frisian bihalda, Old High German bihaltan, German behalten, but "[t]he application to watching, looking, is confined to English" [OED].

中文词源

behold：看，注视

前缀be-, 强调。hold, 维持，持有。用于古义指长久的看，注视。

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