hent
/hent/US // hɛnt //UK // (hɛnt) archaic //
鹤立鸡群,鹤岗,鹤壁,鹤岗市
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
hent, hent·ing.Archaic.
- : to seize.
Examples
She was seated at a spinning-wheel, but seemed less occupied with the work, than hent on listening to some noise without.
Winslow set his teeth together and registered a mental vow to wring Rufus Hent's sunburned neck at the first opportunity.
To hent is used by Shakespeare for, to seize, to catch, to lay hold on.
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