behold
verb /bɪˈhəʊld/
/bɪˈhəʊld/
(old use or literary)动词形式
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they behold | /bɪˈhəʊld/ /bɪˈhəʊld/ |
| he / she / it beholds | /bɪˈhəʊldz/ /bɪˈhəʊldz/ |
| past simple beheld | /bɪˈheld/ /bɪˈheld/ |
| past participle beheld | /bɪˈheld/ /bɪˈheld/ |
| -ing form beholding | /bɪˈhəʊldɪŋ/ /bɪˈhəʊldɪŋ/ |
- behold somebody/something to look at or see somebody/something
看；看见 - Her face was a joy to behold.
她的容貌十分悦目。 - They beheld a bright star shining in the sky.
他们看到了一颗明亮的星在天空中闪闪发光。
Collocations DictionaryBehold is used with these nouns as the object:- sight
词源Old English bihaldan, from bi- ‘thoroughly’ + haldan ‘to hold’. Parallel Germanic words have the sense ‘maintain, retain’; the notion of ‘looking’ is found only in English. - Her face was a joy to behold.
Idioms
lo and behold
- (humorous) used for calling attention to a surprising or annoying thing
（用于引起对令人惊讶或讨厌之事的注意）哎哟，你瞧，嗨，真想不到 - As soon as we went out, lo and behold, it began to rain.
我们刚一出门，你瞧，就下起雨来了。
- As soon as we went out, lo and behold, it began to rain.