greet

英 [gri?t] 美[ɡrit]

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第三人稱單數:?greets;過去式:?greeted;過去分詞:?greeted;現在分詞:?greeting;

greet 迎接，打招呼

來自PIE*gher, 呼叫，呼喊，擬聲詞，詞源同care, regret.

greet (v.): Old English gretan "to come in contact with" in any sense ("attack, accost" as well as "salute, welcome," and "touch, take hold of, handle," as in hearpan gretan "to play the harp"), "seek out, approach," from West Germanic *grotjan (cognates: Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Dutch groeten, Old High German gruozen, German grü?en "to salute, greet"), of uncertain origin.

In English, German, and Dutch, the primary sense has become "to salute," but the word once had much broader meaning. Perhaps originally "to resound" (via notion of "cause to speak"), causative of Proto-Germanic *gr?tanan, root of Old English gr?tan (Anglian gretan) "weep, bewail," from PIE *gher- (2) "to call out." Greet still can mean "cry, weep" in Scottish & northern England dialect, though this might be from a different root. Gr?tan probably also is the source of the second element in regret. Related: Greeted; greeting.

1. He looked at Livy and Mark, who had risen to greet him.: 他看著站起來跟他打招呼的莉薇和馬克。

2. They hastened to greet him and asked urgently, "Did you find it?": 他們趕忙去迎他，急切地問，“找到了嗎？”

3. An unerringly professional team greet and treat clients.: 完美的職業團隊迎接并善待客戶。