guess
英 [ges]
美[ɡ?s]
- vt. 猜測；認為；推測；猜中
- vi. 猜；推測；猜中
- n. 猜測；推測
- n. (Guess)人名；(英)格斯；(德)居斯
- n. 蓋爾斯（美國服裝品牌）
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詞態(tài)變化
復數:?guesses;第三人稱單數:?guesses;過去式:?guessed;過去分詞:?guessed;現在分詞:?guessing;
中文詞源
guess 猜測
詞源同get, 得到。
英文詞源
- guess
- guess: [13] In the earliest records we have of the verb guess, it is used for ‘take aim’. The modern sense ‘estimate’ did not emerge until the mid- 14th century. It seems to be of Scandinavian origin, and probably comes ultimately from the same base as produced get (Old Norse geta meant ‘guess’ as well as ‘get’, and the semantic progression hinted at by the intermediate ‘take aim’ is probably via ‘lock on to something in one’s sights’ to ‘fix on a particular figure’ – by implication, without exact calculation). Guesstimate, a blend of guess and estimate, is a US coinage of the 1930s.
=> get - guess (v.)
- c. 1300, gessen "to infer from observation, perceive, find out; form an opinion, judge, decide, discern; evaluate, estimate the number, importance, etc. of," perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Middle Danish gitse, getze "to guess," Old Norse geta "guess, get"), or from or influenced by Middle Dutch gessen, Middle Low German gissen "to guess," all from Proto-Germanic *getan "to get" (see get (v.)). The prehistoric sense evolution then would be from "get," to "take aim at," to "to estimate." Meaning "to hit upon the right answer" is from 1540s. Spelling with gu- is late 16c., sometimes attributed to Caxton and his early experience as a printer in Bruges. Related: Guessed; guessing. Guessing game attested from 1650s. To keep (someone) guessing "keep him in a state of suspense" is from 1896, American English.
[T]he legitimate, English sense of this word is to conjecture; but with us, and especially in New England, it is constantly used in common conversation instead of to believe, to suppose, to think, to imagine, to fancy. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]
- guess (n.)
- c. 1300, "indiscriminate conclusion, guesswork, doubtful supposition," from guess (v.). Mid-15c. as "considered opinion." Verbal shrug phrase your guess is as good as mine attested from 1902.
雙語例句
- 1. Guess what? I'm going to dinner at Mrs. Combley's tonight.
- 你猜怎么著？今晚我要去康伯利夫人家里赴宴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It's a fair guess to say that the damage will be extensive.
- 說損失會很嚴重想必猜得不錯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Editors and contributors are trying to second-guess the future.
- 編輯們和撰稿者們在試圖預測未來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Browning's prediction is no better than a wild guess.
- 勃朗寧的預測不過是妄加猜測而已。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. "I guess you guys don't mind if I smoke?" he drawled.
- “伙計們，我想你們不介意我抽煙吧？”他拉長音調說。
來自柯林斯例句