frequent
frequent 英 [ˈfri:kwənt] 美 [ˈfrikwənt]
adj. 频繁的 vt. 常到，常去
进行时:frequenting 过去式:frequented 过去分词:frequented 第三人称单数:frequents 名词复数:frequents
- Use the adjective frequent to describe something done often and at regular intervals. If your family likes to read, you may be a frequent visitor to the library. You may also have frequent arguments with your family about who gets to read a book first.
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- adj. 频繁的
- vt. 常到，常去
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1. He is a frequent visitor to this country.
他常常访问这个国家。
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2. Her calls became less frequent.
她打电话的次数减少了。
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3. There is a frequent bus service into the centre of town.
公共汽车有很多班次开往市中心区。
- frequent (adj.) mid-15c., "ample, profuse," from Old French frequent, or directly from Latin frequentem (nominative frequens) "often, regular, repeated; in great numbers, crowded, numerous, filled, full, populous," which is of uncertain origin. Watkins says probably from PIE *bhrekw- "to cram together," and compares Greek phrassein "to fence in," Latin farcire "to cram," But Beekes regards the connection to the Greek word as "quite uncertain." Meaning "common, usual" is from 1530s; that of "happening at short intervals, often recurring" is from c. 1600.
- frequent (v.) late 15c., "visit or associate with," from Old French frequenter "attend frequently; assemble, gather together," from Latin frequentare "visit regularly; do frequently, repeat; assemble in throngs," from frequentem (see frequent (adj.)). Meaning "visit often" is from 1550s. Related: Frequented; frequenter; frequenting.
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