tend
- IPA[tɛnd]
英式
- regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic；be liable to possess or display (a particular characteristic)
verb: tend, 3rd person present: tends, gerund or present participle: tending, past tense: tended, past participle: tended
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic written language tends to be formal her hair tended to come loose 同義詞
- ▪ be liable to possess or display (a particular characteristic) Walter tended towards corpulence 同義詞
- ▪ go or move in a particular direction fire is hot and tends upwards
- ▪ (of a variable) approach a given quantity as a limit the orbit tends to infinity
- 更多解釋
- IPA[tend]
美式
- regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic: written language tends to be formal her hair tended to come loose
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[tend]
美式
- care for or look after; give one's attention to: Viola tended plants on the roof for two or three months he tended to business
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[tɛnd]
英式
- care for or look after; give one's attention to: Varela tended plants on the roof ambulance crews were tending to the injured
Oxford Dictionary
