endow
/ɪnˈdaʊ/verb
with obj.
1- give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution)向(人, 机构)捐赠; 资助:
he endowed the Church with lands.
他向教会捐赠了地产。
1.1
- establish (a university post, annual prize, or project) by donating the funds needed to maintain it捐资设立(大学职位, 年度奖, 项目)。
1.2
- (一般作 be endowed with)provide with a quality, ability, or asset给予, 赋予:
he was endowed with tremendous physical strength.
他天生有很大的力气。
1.3
be endowed
informal have breasts or a penis of specified size〈非正式〉有特定大小的乳房; 有特定大小的阴茎:the girl on page three is well endowed.
第三页上那个女孩的胸部很丰满。
派生词
endower
noun词源
late Middle English (also in the sense 'provide a dower or dowry'; formerly also as indow ): from legal Anglo-Norman French endouer, from en- 'in, towards' + Old French douer 'give as a gift' (from Latin dotare : see DOWER).