wrought
Pronunciation: [rɒ:t]
Average Rank: 14305
Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICTa. 制成的, 精细的 work的过去式和过去分词
Detailed Explanations:
- v exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
- v be employed
- v have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- v perform as expected when applied
- v shape, form, or improve a material
- v give a workout to
- v proceed along a path
- v operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- v proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- v move in an agitated manner
- v cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- v cause to work
- v prepare for crops
- v behave in a certain way when handled
- v have and exert influence or effect
- v operate in or through
- v cause to operate or function
- v provoke or excite
- v gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- v make something, usually for a specific function
- v move into or onto
- v make uniform
- v use or manipulate to one's advantage
- v find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- v cause to undergo fermentation
- v go sour or spoil
- v arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- s shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Difficulty:
ADVANCED
Exam Tags:
toefl
ielts
gre
Word Forms:
0:
work
1:
d
Past Participle:
wrought
Word Frequency Rankings
Project Gutenberg
#2916Classical and literary usage
Percentile: 70.8%
(Top 70.8% most frequent)
Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus