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was

/wuhz, woz; unstressed wuhz/US // wʌz, wɒz; unstressed wəz //UK // (wɒz, unstressed wəz) //

是,是的,被

Related Words

Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : first and third person singular past indicative of be.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbexist

Examples

  • Katherine Doyle: “The news says there was/has been a homicide in Danvers High School.”

  • And Texas was/is on its way to becoming a swing state by 2024 or so, so this could have an impact on that.

  • The good count was/is a local big shot and benefactor, but I can't seem to find out anything else about him.

  • Let's not lose sight of the other leg--the I-was-CEO-I-wasn't-in-charge-I-retired-retroactively-but-I-still-got-paid leg.

  • I could not make out what it was, for the wind-was rustling the corn-shocks, but I arose and feigned to listen.

  • Mr. Newdegate was a hard-mouthed witness, but he-was saddled, bridled, and ridden to the winning-post.

  • Everything else-even endowments given by private persons a few years before the Act was passed-was swept away.

  • Burckhardt was on that 8:51 bus, every morning of every day-that-was-June-15th, never different by a hair or a moment.

  • He is a most capable and felicitous talker-was born for an orator, I think.