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sold 音标拼音: [s'old] vbl. sell的过去式和过去分词 sell的过去式和过去分词 sold售 sold adj 1: disposed of to a purchaser; " this merchandise is sold" [ ant: { unsold}] Sell \ Sell\ ( s[ e^] l), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Sold} ( s[= o] ld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Selling}.] [ OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. s[ aum] lja to sell, Dan. s[ ae] lge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. { Sale}.] 1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. It is the correlative of buy. [ 1913 Webster] If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. -- Matt. xix. 21. [ 1913 Webster] I am changed; I' ll go sell all my land. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. [ 1913 Webster] You would have sold your king to slaughter. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [ Slang] -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster] { To sell one' s life dearly}, to cause much loss to those who take one' s life, as by killing a number of one' s assailants. { To sell} ( anything) { out}, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business. [ 1913 Webster]
Sold \ Sold\, imp. & p. p. of { Sell}. [ 1913 Webster]
Sold \ Sold\, n. [ F. solde. See { Soldier}, and cf. { Sou}.] Solary; military pay. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
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