是 — meaning in English
shì
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English meaning
- aye intj Yes (used especially in voting, formal agreement, or nautical/military commands).
- be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- boggle verb To overwhelm or bewilder the mind, especially with something surprising or hard to grasp.
- his determiner Belonging to or associated with him.
- its det Belonging to it.
- ones noun A team's first-choice or senior squad, as opposed to reserves.
- would verb Used to describe what someone was going to do, from the point of view of the past.
Senses
是 is used for these senses in English:
- I do A traditional phrase said by each of the prospective spouses during a wedding ceremony in order to accept the marriage.
- aye Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
- aye An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
- be (formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.
- be (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
- boggle (intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
- bounce off the walls (idiomatic) To be overly active relative to the enclosed space in which one is.
- fall short (idiomatic) To be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient.
aye — full definition
- intj Yes (used especially in voting, formal agreement, or nautical/military commands).
- noun A vote in favor of something.
be — full definition
- verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.