essayed是什么意思？

essayed

• vt. 尝试（essay的过去式与过去分词形式）；

例句

• She thought of Painting and essayed several canvases which she took to dealers. 她想到绘画,就作了好几幅油画,拿到画商那儿去卖.
• The student essayed his first solo flight. 该学员尝试作首次单独飞行.
• The bishop essayed to make him a bow. 主教试图朝他行个礼.
• Sinclair essayed a smile but it could hardly have been rated as a success. 辛克莱想试着微笑一下，但根本没有笑出来。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （学生就某门课程所写的）论说文，短文
  An essay is a short piece of writing on one particular subject written by a student.
  例句
  We asked Jason to write an essay about his hometown and about his place in it. 我们让贾森写一篇有关他的家乡和他自己的家的短文。
• N-COUNT
  （关于某一方面的）论文，杂文，散文
  An essay is a short piece of writing on one particular subject that is written by a writer for publication.
  例句
  ...Thomas Malthus's essay on population. 托马斯·马尔萨斯有关人口的论文
• VERB
  企图;尝试
  If you essay something, you try to do it.
  例句
  Sinclair essayed a smile but it could hardly have been rated as a success. 辛克莱想试着微笑一下，但根本没有笑出来。