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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

could

/kood; unstressed kuhd/US // kʊd; unstressed kəd //UK // (kʊd) //

可以,可,能,可能

Related Words

keep保持,保持保持commit承诺,投入,承诺书manage管理,处理,管理好,治理take care of照顾,照顾好,照看,照料bottle瓶子,瓶装,瓶状物,瓶may可以,可,可能,可以这样说expel驱逐出境,驱逐,驱除,驱赶terminate终止,终结,终止日期,终结者dismiss驳回,遣散,辞退,罢免boot开机,靴子,靴,开机启动sack袋子,袋子里的东西,袋子里的钱,袋子里的食物bounce蹦蹦跳跳,反弹,蹦蹦跳跳的,蹦跳ax斧头,轴线,斧子,轴心cashier收银员,出纳员,收銀員,出纳discharge排放,排出,遣散,排放问题put up摆放,摆设,摆出,摆上make out辨认,辨别,辨识,辨别是非can do能做到,能做,可以做,可以做到could可以,可,能,可能cut the mustard切记,削减芥末,削减芥末酱,割肉

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : a simple past tense of can.
    • : : I wonder who that could be at the door. That couldn't be true.
    • : : You could do it if you tried.
    • : : Could you open the door for me, please?
    • : : Could I borrow your pen?
    • : : You could write and ask for more information. You could at least have called me.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbpreserve fruit, vegetable
Synonyms
keep保持,保持保持bottle瓶子,瓶装,瓶状物,瓶put up摆放,摆设,摆出,摆上
verbbe able
Synonyms
commit承诺,投入,承诺书manage管理,处理,管理好,治理take care of照顾,照顾好,照看,照料may可以,可,可能,可以这样说be capable of能够,能,能夠,可以be equal to相当于,等于,等同于,相等于be up to可达,够得上,可达到,达到be within one's areabe within one's controlcan do能做到,能做,可以做,可以做到could可以,可,能,可能cut the mustard切记,削减芥末,削减芥末酱,割肉have it made制作,订制,制造,订做lie in one's powermake it使之成为,使其成为,使它成为,使之make out辨认,辨别,辨识,辨别是非make the grade做出成绩,胜任工作,做出成绩来,胜任
verbfire from job
Synonyms
ax斧头,轴线,斧子,轴心boot开机,靴子,靴,开机启动bounce蹦蹦跳跳,反弹,蹦蹦跳跳的,蹦跳cashier收银员,出纳员,收銀員,出纳discharge排放,排出,遣散,排放问题dismiss驳回,遣散,辞退,罢免expel驱逐出境,驱逐,驱除,驱赶sack袋子,袋子里的东西,袋子里的钱,袋子里的食物terminate终止,终结,终止日期,终结者give the heave ho罢工,甩手掌柜,甩手掌柜的,耸耸肩kick out踢出,踢出去,踢出局,踢掉let go放手,松手,放手吧,放开

Examples

  • Note: These are only a handful of many aborted could-be classics.

  • Many men (and women) evaluated Sarah Palin, the could-have-been GOP vice president from Alaska, based on her appearance.

  • Is this year's Sundance sales frenzy a direct result of last year's little-movie-that-could?

  • Jerry Brown, California's once and could-be future governor, is a master of reinvention, just like the pop icon.

  • That ugly fellow who swore at me the day before was in the boat, and I c-could understand him.

  • And Glora and Alan—in our present size-could doubtless disembark safely.

  • If only she could summon him from the moonlight out there; if only she were a witch-could see him, know where he was, what doing!

  • He was all innuendo and strange hints and whispered secrets, and I-could-if-I-woulds.

  • Anthony said you-could hear Emmy's tongue striking the roof of her-mouth all thee time.

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