Founder



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 船) 沉没; ( 计划) 失败
• ［英］ v. ( 船) 沉没 ( sink: said of a ship or boat) ; ( 计划) 失败 ( collapse; fail)
• ［类］ 反义词: stay aloft ( 在高处)
• ［记］ founder 作为""创建者""一义人所共知
• ［例］ The ship foundered in the heavy seas.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: ［sup］4［/sup］found
• Date: 14th century
• one that founds or establishes

II. verb (foundered; foundering)

• Etymology: Middle English foundren to fall to the ground, sink, from Anglo-French fondrer, alteration of fondre, from Latin fundere to pour, cast, disperse, lay low, slay — more at found
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become disabled; especially to go lame
  • 2. to give way ; collapse
  • 3. to become submerged ; sink
  • 4. to come to grief ; fail
• transitive verb
  • to disable (an animal) especially by excessive feeding

III. noun

• Date: circa 1547
• laminitis

IV. noun

• Etymology: ［sup］5［/sup］found
• Date: 15th century
• one that founds metal; especially typefounder

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