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- heed (v.)[heed 词源字典]
- Old English hedan "to heed, observe; to take care, attend," from West Germanic *hodjan (cognates: Old Saxon hodian, Old Frisian hoda, Middle Dutch and Dutch hoeden, Old High German huotan, German hüten "to guard, watch"), from PIE *kadh- "to shelter, cover" (see hat). Related: Heeded; heeding.[heed etymology, heed origin, 英语词源]
- heed (n.)
- "attention, notice, regard," early 14c., apparently from heed (v.). Survives only in literal use and as the object of verbs (take heed, etc.).