• vt. 編織；編排；使迂回前進
• vi. 紡織；編成；迂回行進
• n. 織物；織法；編織式樣

來自PIE*webh,轉，編織，詞源同web,weft.

weave

weave: English has two distinct verbs weave, but they have grown to resemble each other closely over the centuries. Weave ‘make cloth’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *weben, which also produced German weben, Dutch weven, Swedish v?va, and Danish voeve. It was formed from the base *web-, *wab- (source also of English wafer, web, and weft [OE]), which in turn went back to Indo-European *webh-, *wobh-, probable source of English wasp. Weave ‘take a zigzag course’ [13] was probably borrowed from Old Norse veifa.

This was descended from prehistoric Germanic *weibjan, which came from the Indo-European base *weib-, *wib- ‘move quickly’ (source also of English vibrate, whip, and wipe). At first it meant ‘move about, travel’ (‘Then the evil ghost fares out of the man and weaves wide … seeking rest’, 11th-century English poem). The notion of ‘moving from side to side, threading one’s way’ did not emerge until the 16th century, presumably through the influence of the other verb weave.
=> wafer, wasp, web, weft; vibrate, whip, wipe

weave (v.1)

Old English wefan "to weave, form by interlacing yarn," figuratively "devise, contrive, arrange" (class V strong verb; past tense w?f, past participle wefen), from Proto-Germanic *weban (cognates: Old Norse vefa, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch weven, Old High German weban, German weben "to weave"), from PIE *webh- "to weave;" also "to move quickly" (cognates: Sanskrit ubhnati "he laces together," Persian baftan "to weave," Greek hyphe, hyphos "web," Old English webb "web").

The form of the past tense altered in Middle English from wave to wove. Extended sense of "combine into a whole" is from late 14c.; meaning "go by twisting and turning" is from 1640s. Related: Wove; woven; weaving.

weave (n.)

1580s, "something woven," from weave (v.). Meaning "method or pattern of weaving" is from 1888.

weave (v.2)

c. 1200, "to move from one place to another," of uncertain origin, perhaps from weave (v.1). From early 14c. as "move to and fro;" 1590s as "move side to side." Use in boxing is from 1818. Related: Weaved; weaving.

1. Fabrics with a close weave are ideal for painting.

編織緊密的布最適合作畫。

來自柯林斯例句

2. In one room, young mothers weave while babies doze in their laps.

在一間屋子里，年輕的母親們在織布，而她們的孩子就在她們膝上打盹。

來自柯林斯例句

3. People weave threads into cloth.

人們把線織成布.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. They would spin and weave cloth, cook and attend to the domestic side of life.

她們紡紗、織布、煮飯以及料理家務。

來自柯林斯例句

5. They discovered that they could shear sheep, take the wool, weave it and fashion the material into warm coats and suits,.

他們發現他們能夠剪羊毛 、 紡絨線、織成毛料, 然后把毛料做成暖和的衣服.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》