英:[wu:]
美:[wu]
英:[wu:]
美:[wu]
第三人称单数:woos
现在分词:wooing
过去式:wooed
过去分词:wooed
wooingly (adv.)
词根:woo
n.wooer 求爱者;求婚者;追求者
transitive verb
to seek to win the love or approval of, esp. as a spouse; court.Suitors came from afar to woo the princess.
to seek to achieve or obtain.He wooed success using every means he could think of.
to solicit or invite (some consequence or result).In his extravagance, he woos financial ruin.
intransitive verb
to seek the affections of a woman; court.
john woo吴宇森(知名华裔导演)
古英语 wogian “求爱,追求,结婚”,起源不明,没有已知的同源词; 可能与 woh, wog- “弯曲,倾斜”有关,如同表达爱意一样。相关词汇: Wooed; wooing; wooer。
Middle English wowen, from Old English wōgian
The first known use of woo was before the 12th century
woodchucknoun
a stocky marmot mostly of Alaska, Canada, and the northeastern U.S. called alsogroundhog
woodchoppernoun
one that chops wood and especially chops down trees
woodblocknoun
woodcut
woodbinenoun
a woody climbing Eurasian honeysuckle
virginia creeper
wood1 of 2noun
a dense growth of trees usually smaller than a forest—often used in plural
a thick woods runs along the ridge
a hard fibrous substance that is basically xylem and makes up the greater part of the stems, branches, and roots of trees or shrubs beneath the barkalso: this material prepared for some use (as burning or building)
something made of woodespecially: a golf club having a wooden head
wood2 of 2adjective
wooden sense 1
suitable for cutting or working wood
wood chisels
or woods ˈwu̇dz living, growing, or existing in woods
wooverb
to try to gain the love of : court
to seek to gain or bring about
political candidates wooing public support
1 She wooed him with her sweetest words and looks, but Glaucus would have none of her.
2 The red carpet these days is where actresses woo fashion brands, fashion brands woo actresses, and actresses preen for preening’s sake.
3 The Sims 2 Woo Hoo at The Bed in The Outdoor Space.
模拟市民2在野外的床上嘿咻.让路人脸红心跳的床上大战,一触即发.
4 “Well, it seems rumor has already suggested that. I overheard a girl saying that the Crown Prince brought me here to woo me. I thought the entire court knew about this stupid competition.”
5 They are trying to woo back electoral support.
他们正试图赢回选民的支持。
6 I had him woo his husband, the town doctor, by bringing him fruits and vegetables.
7 A new creative team and cast had to be wooed.
8 But long before the brand is ready to cut the ribbon on a local shop, Krakoff was in town to party with fellow art enthusiasts and woo potential customers.
9 He wooed and he won many women, which, because of his size, was treated in the press, like, “Wow!”
10 Aethra was a princess of Troezen, and in that city Aegeus had wooed and married her.
埃德拉是特洛曾的公主, 救灾这座城市埃勾斯向她求婚并且娶了她.
11 In the beginning, he wooed me like no one had ever done.
12 Moreover, at 26, Spalding commands the rare ability to woo pop listeners and hard-core jazz aficionados, alike.
13 Racked with self-doubt, he woos his beloved through a handsome yet tongue-tied soldier, ghostwriting his love letters and whispering romantic verses from the shadows.
14 His face glows with wine and sentiment as he regales me with the tale of how he wooed Marlena.
15 In their afternoons in the hospital, Pollard wooed her with quotes from Old Waldo while she tended to his leg.
16 “I had this one plan where I set fire to your house,” Hat confesses, describing his aborted “wooing” plans.
17 Then she went up to Wang Lung and took his hand and drew it to her face and she wooed him.
18 And really, why else do you make those tapes but to woo somebody?
19 Garcetti immediately moved to woo the filmmaker to house the museum in Los Angeles.
20 He made no more way with his wooing. That was stopped, apparently altogether.
他的求爱没有继续进展, 而且显然已经完全停顿了.
1 求爱
courtship lovemaking wooing spark court romance declare oneself pitch woo spark it advance pay court to gallant wale make suit to address attention suit chase uh-huh caterwaul love-making
3 恳求
supplicant suppliant suit appeal prayer petition plea boon entreaty expostulation pray plead implore supplicate request invoke crave conjure beseech adjure intreat obtest beg entreat plead for make a request for bend the knee precative obsecration cry intercede desire urge importune call squeeze Sue solicit call down appealing pleading imploring supplicatory invocatory invocational craving solicitation supplication conjuration suppliance obsecrate impetrate prayer machine
5 争取
run try rush bid contend scramble enlistment Buck fight contest dispute make a pitch for push buy pitch go after try for drum up
6 向求爱
7 努力说服
8 追求
pursuant search advance chase quest hunting inquiry pursuit affection searching gape pursuance affectation blitzkrieg after seek dangle hanker follow court push pursue ensue set cap at chase after suit aspire address romance in pursuit of pay address to make passes at attention make tracks for courtship sniff round run after sniff around caterwaul cultivate fuss
9 求婚
offer suit proposal courtship spark pop propose pretend romance sue declare oneself speak piece propose marriage pop the question honourable OFFER court
10 招致
incurrence do create produce court carry draw contract earn secure desire spell incur procure redound fall in for contraction bring effect reflect acquire expose evoke beget
12 促销
13 求取
14 向…求爱