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sought 音标拼音: [s'ɔt] vbl. seek的过去式和过去分词 seek的过去式和过去分词 sought adj 1: that is looked for; " the long sought relatives" 2: being searched for; " the most sought- after item was the silver candelabrum" [ synonym: { sought}, { sought- after( a)}] Seek \ Seek\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Sought}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Seeking}.] [ OE. seken, AS. s[= e] can, s[= e] cean; akin to OS. s[= o] kian, LG. s[" o] ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. saekja, Sw. s[" o] ka, Dan. s[" o] ge, Goth. s[= o] kjan, and E. sake. Cf. { Beseech}, { Ransack}, { Sagacious}, { Sake}, { Soc}.] 1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find. [ 1913 Webster] The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. -- Gen. xxxvii. 15, 16. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech. [ 1913 Webster] Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. -- Luke xi. 16. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one' s life. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. [ 1913 Webster] Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. -- Amos v. 5. [ 1913 Webster] Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster]
Sought \ Sought\, imp. & p. p. of { Seek}. [ 1913 Webster]
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