Budge



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.移动一点; 妥协
• ［英］ v.移动一点 ( to move a little) ; 妥协 ( to yield)
• ［类］ obdurate ( diehard)  : budge / lachrymose : cheer ( 顽固的不会让步 / 悲哀的不会高兴)
• ［记］ 比较: budget ( 预算) , 去掉一个""t""就成了""budge""

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English bugee, from Anglo-French buge
• Date: 14th century
• a fur formerly prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool outward

II. verb (budged; budging)

• Etymology: Anglo-French bouger, from Vulgar Latin *bullicare, from Latin bullire to boil — more at boil
• Date: 1578
• intransitive verb
  • 1. move, shift <the mule wouldn't budge>
  • 2. to give way ; yield <wouldn't budge on the issue>
• transitive verb
  • to cause to move or change

III. adjective

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1599
• archaic pompous, solemn

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