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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. 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.