(บีส'โท) {bestowed,bestowing,bestows} vt. มอบของขวัญให้,มอบรางวัลให้,ให้ใช้,จ่าย,สละให้,เก็บ,วาง, See also:bestowal n. ดูbestowbestowment n. ดูbestow, Syn. present,grant
I would like to award you the highest honor I can bestow.
ฉันขอมอบเหรียญรางวัล ที่มีเกียรติที่สุดให้เธอ Up (2009)
My fellow americans, John Adams, the first president to take up residence in the white house, once prayed for heaven to bestow its blessings on this place.
[たまう, tamau] (v5u) (1) (arch) to receive; (2) to grant; to bestow; to award; (3) (male) semi-polite or endearing auxiliary verb indicating reception by the speaker (suffixed to the -masu stem of another verb) [Add to Longdo]
[たまわる, tamawaru] (v5r,vt) (1) (hum) to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to be honoured with; (2) (hon) to give; to bestow; to confer; to honor; to honour [Add to Longdo]
[しゃく;さく(ok), shaku ; saku (ok)] (n) (1) jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); (2) peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bestow \Be*stow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestowed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Bestowing}.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be- + stow a place. See
{Stow}.]
1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow;
to place; to put. "He bestowed it in a pouch." --Sir W.
Scott.
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See that the women are bestowed in safety. --Byron.
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2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some
occupation.
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3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]
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4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
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Empire is on us bestowed. --Cowper.
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Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. --1
Cor. xiii. 3.
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5. To give in marriage.
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I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.
--Tatler.
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6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a
reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]
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How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in
his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? --Shak.
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Syn: To give; grant; present; confer; accord.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bestow
v 1: present; "The university conferred a degree on its most
famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an
honor on someone" [syn: {confer}, {bestow}]
2: give as a gift
3: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to
the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She
brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a
light note to the program" [syn: {lend}, {impart}, {bestow},
{contribute}, {add}, {bring}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
