quest是什么意思（quest的用法）

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一、quest是什么意思

1、quest 探索，疑问

2、来自拉丁语quaere, 疑问， 询问， 查问， 可能来自PIE*kwo, 疑问代词词干， 词源同 quality,quantity,who,how.-st,过去分词后缀。

二、quest的用法

1、quest (n.)

2、c. 1300, "an inquest;" early 14c., "a search for something" (especially of judicial inquiries or hounds seeking game), from Old French queste "search, quest, chase, hunt, pursuit; inquest, inquiry" (12c., Modern French quête), properly "the act of seeking," and directly from Medieval Latin questa "search, inquiry," alteration of Latin quaesitus (fem. quaesita) "sought-out, select," past participle of quaerere "seek, gain, ask" (see query (n.)). Romance sense of "adventure undertaken by a knight" (especially the search for the Grail) is attested from late 14c. Johnson's dictionary has questmonger "Starter of lawsuits or prosecutions."

3、quest (v.)

4、mid-14c., "to seek game, hunt," from quest (n.) and from Old French quester "to search, hunt," from queste (n.). Related: Quested; questing.

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