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Dictionary: well1   (wĕl) pronunciation
n.
  1. A deep hole or shaft sunk into the earth to obtain water, oil, gas, or brine.
  2. A container or reservoir for a liquid, such as ink.
    1. A place where water issues from the earth; a spring or fountain.
    2. A mineral spring.
    3. wells A watering place; a spa.
  3. An abundant source: a well of information.
  4. An open space extending vertically through the floors of a building, as for stairs or ventilation.
  5. Nautical.
    1. An enclosure in a ship's hold for the pumps.
    2. A compartment or recessed area in a ship, used for stowage: an anchor well.
    3. A part of a ship's weather deck enclosed between two watertight bulkheads.
  6. A cistern with a perforated bottom in the hold of a fishing vessel for keeping fish alive.
  7. An enclosed space for receiving and holding something, such as the wheels of an airplane when retracted.
  8. Chiefly British. The central space in a law court, directly in front of the judge's bench, where the counsel or solicitor sits.

v., welled, well·ing, wells.

v.intr.
  1. To rise to the surface, ready to flow: Tears welled in my eyes.
  2. To rise or surge from an inner source: Anger welled up in me.
v.tr.
To pour forth.

[Middle English welle, from Old English.]


well2 (wĕl) pronunciation
adv., bet·ter (bĕt'ər), best (bĕst).
  1. In a good or proper manner: behaved well.
  2. Skillfully or proficiently: dances well.
  3. Satisfactorily or sufficiently: slept well.
  4. Successfully or effectively: gets along well with people.
  5. In a comfortable or affluent manner: lived well.
  6. In a manner affording benefit or gain; advantageously: married well.
  7. With reason or propriety; reasonably: can't very well say no.
  8. In all likelihood; indeed: You may well need your umbrella.
  9. In a prudent or sensible manner: You would do well to say nothing more.
  10. In a close or familiar manner: knew them well.
  11. In a favorable or approving manner: spoke well of them.
  12. Thoroughly; completely: well cooked; cooked well.
  13. Perfectly; clearly: I well understand your intentions.
  14. To a suitable or appropriate degree: This product will answer your needs equally well.
  15. To a considerable extent or degree: well over the estimate.
  16. With care or attention: listened well.
  17. Entirely; fully: well worth seeing.
adj., better, best.
  1. In a satisfactory condition; right or proper: All is well.
    1. Not ailing, infirm, or diseased; healthy. See synonyms at healthy.
    2. Cured or healed, as a wound.
    3. Of or characterized by the maintenance of good health practices. Often used in combination: a well-baby clinic; a well-child visit to the doctor.
    1. Advisable; prudent: It would be well not to ask.
    2. Fortunate; good: It is well that you stayed.
interj.
  1. Used to introduce a remark, resume a narrative, or fill a pause during conversation.
  2. Used to express surprise.
idioms:

as well

  1. In addition; also: mentioned other matters as well.
  2. With equal effect: I might as well go.
in well with Informal.
  1. In a position to influence or be favored by: He's in well with management.

[Middle English wel, from Old English.]

USAGE NOTE   English speakers have used well both as an adjective and as an adverb since Old English times. When applied to people, the adjective well usually refers to a state of health. Like similar adjectives, such as ill and faint, well in this use is normally restricted to the predicate, as in He hasn't been well lately. Well does see occasional use before a noun, as in Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Dick eats like a well man, and drinks like a sick." It also appears in compound adjectives like well-baby, which is well known to pediatricians and recent parents. Good, on the other hand, has a much wider range of senses, including "attractive," as in He looks good, and "competent," as in She's pretty good for a beginner, as well as "healthy." See Usage Notes at good.


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An artificial excavation made to extract water, oil, gas, brine, or other fluid substance from the earth. Most wells are of the drilled type. Dug wells are almost obsolete, because of the greater speed of drilling and the greater efficiency of drilled wells. See also Artesian systems; Oil and gas well drilling.

Drilled wells, commonly 2–36 in. (5–90 cm) in diameter, usually are fitted with a steel tube or casing inserted in the drilled hole to the desired depth. Where the water-bearing formation is competent to stand without support, the casing is set, or finished, at the top of solid rock. Where there is danger of caving, as in sand or gravel, the casing is carrried below the top of the water-bearing bed, and a perforated pipe or screen extends below the casing to the bottom of the hole. The construction includes a considerable period of pumping, surging, or other treatment (called well development), during which the finer particles of the formation are drawn into the well and removed. This process substantially increases the initial yield of the well.

Most wells of large capacity are equipped with pumps of the deep-well turbine type to lift the water to the surface. When a well is pumped, the pressure head at the well is lowered and a hydraulic gradient toward the well is established which causes water to flow toward the well. This lowering of head is called drawdown. See also Ground-water hydrology; Pumping machinery.


Thesaurus: well1
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noun

    A point of origination: beginning, derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root1, rootstock, source, spring. See start/end.

verb

    To come forth or emit in abundance: flow, gush, pour, run, rush, stream, surge. See move/halt.
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adverb

  1. To the fullest extent: absolutely, all, altogether, completely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, just, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly. Informal clean, clear. Idioms: in toto, through and through. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.
  2. To a considerable extent: considerably, far, much, quite. Idioms: by a longshotway, by a wide margin, by far. See big/small/amount.

adjective

  1. Having good health: fit1, hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, right, sound2, whole, wholesome. Idioms: fit as a fiddle, hale and hearty, in fine fettle. See health/sickness.
  2. Worth doing, especially for practical reasons: advisable, expedient, recommendable. See wise/foolish.

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adj

Definition: healthy
Antonyms: diseased, ill, sick, unhealthy

adj

Definition: lucky, fortunate
Antonyms: unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky

adv

Definition: happily, pleasantly; capably
Antonyms: badly, incapably, unpleasantly

adv

Definition: sufficiently
Antonyms: badly, insufficiently


English Folklore: wells
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Healing or holy wells are rarer in England than in Scotland, Wales, or Ireland; even so, almost 200 are extant, and hundreds more once existed, as indicated on old documents. Those that remain are often regarded as wishing wells. They are the latest phase in a long tradition of ritual activity, traceable archaeo-logically through Roman and Celtic culture to prehistoric times; its present form was shaped by medieval Catholicism, where wells were often dedicated to a saint—sometimes a local one. Thus, St Oswald's Well at Winwick (Cheshire) reputedly marks the place where he was killed; St Withburga's Well at East Dereham (Norfolk), the place where she was buried; St Chad's Well at Lichfield (Staffordshire) was sanctified by the fact that he baptized converts there.

Medieval pilgrimage centres often had holy wells; the water of one in Canterbury Cathedral (now blocked up) allegedly turned red when dust stained with Thomas à Beckett's blood was thrown into it, and little flasks of it were sold to pilgrims and drunk as medicine. The ailments most often mentioned in connection with medieval wells were sore eyes, skin diseases, epilepsy, and insanity. Some were said to enable barren women to conceive after drinking the water, for example Bore Well near Bingfield (Northumberland), and Child's Well at Oxford. During the vogue for spas in the 18th and 19th centuries, the medicinal value of some ancient water-sources was recognized, notably at Bath (Somerset) and Malvern (Herefordshire).

Medieval ritual usually involved making an offering, while folk customs include dropping pins or coins in, and tying strips of cloth to nearby trees. The latter had become rare by the 19th century, though a few ‘rag-trees’ remained in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cornwall. Currently, there seem to be three: one at St Helen's Well at Walton, the second at St Helen's Well at Eshton (both in Yorkshire), the third at a unnamed well at Madron (Cornwall) which is still much visited. The modern pilgrimages to Walsingham (Norfolk) also involve drinking from a holy well, and there is a cult of the ‘Chalice Well’ at Glastonbury.

From the 17th century onwards, certain wells were credited with prophetic powers. One at Oundle (Northamptonshire) emitted noises like a drum beating a march. Richard Baxter, in The Certainty of the World of Spirits Fully Evinced (1691), 157, says he heard it himself as a boy when a Scottish invasion was expected, and that it was also heard at the death of Charles II. St Helen's Well at Rushton Spencer (Staffordshire) would dry up, and St Nipperton's Well at Ashill (Somerset) would ebb and flow, before national calamities. Others offered omens for individuals; if the shirt or shift of a sick person floated when thrown into a certain well dedicated to St Oswald, he or she would recover, but if not, not.

See also WELL-DRESSING, WISHING WELLS.

Bibliography
The full bibliography list is available here.

  • Hope, 1893/1968
  • A. Lane-Parker, Holy Wells of Cornwall (1970)
  • J. Meyrick, Holy Wells of Cornwall (1982)
  • Mark Valentine, The Holy Wells of Northamptonshire (1984)

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Pit or shaft, sometimes lined with stone or wood, dug from the ground surface to a point below the local water table so as to allow the bottom of the well to fill with water as a small reservoir accessible by lowering a bucket or receptacle down from above. Some wells are fitted with a cover, others with a protective wall around the top. Some are fitted with a winding mechanism to raise and lower the bucket, or a pump to raise the water by suction. Recesses in the top section of the well shaft were sometimes built as storage places for foodstuffs that are best stored in cool conditions. Wells are sometimes associated with special powers or as links to the underworld.

 
well, aperture in the earth's surface through which substances in a natural underground reservoir, such as water, gas, oil, salt, and sulfur, can flow or be pumped to the surface. In the United States, until some years after the Civil War, the majority of wells were "open," i.e., holes dug in the ground and lined, or cased, with brick, stone, or wood. Although they are sometimes dug with picks and shovels, most wells today are made by rotary or percussion drills. An artesian well, the most desirable type of water well, is always drilled because rock layers must be cut through to reach the water. Oil wells are usually drilled using a rotary-drill method, in which a drilling bit set in the bottom of a drilling pipe is rotated by machinery on the ground level. As the cut deepens, more sections of pipe are fastened to the sections already in use. A special mixture called drilling mud is sent down through the pipe to wash away the drillings and also to cool the cutting bit. Some oil wells are drilled by a percussion method known as cable-tool drilling. In this procedure a heavy metal bit attached to a cable is alternately raised and dropped, pulverizing the rock beneath it. Water is pumped into the well and mixed with the rock cuttings, the mixture being bailed out when it becomes thick enough to interfere with the action of the bit. Regardless of the drilling method, well walls are usually cased with iron or steel to prevent cave-ins. Casing is inserted when the desired depth has been reached or, in some instances, as the well is being drilled. Minerals, such as salt and sulfur, can be pumped to the surface through a well if they are first liquefied by some process; for example, salt may be brought up if water is first pumped to the bottom of the well to dissolve the salt.


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IN BRIEF: In a good way, in a complete way. Also: In good health. Also: A deep hole or shaft sunk into the earth to obtain water, oil, gas, or brine.

pronunciation Well done is better than well said. — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American entrepreneur, statesman, scientist and philosopher.

Dream Symbol: Well
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The depth of emotional and spiritual resources, a well in a dream often represents knowledge and nurturance, a place from which emotions "well up." It can also symbolize good health and physical well-being.


Translations: Well
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adv. - godt, vel-, langt
adj. - godt
int. - tja! nåh!, hmm!

idioms:

  • as well    også, så vel som, desuden, lige så godt
  • as well as    så vel som
  • as well it may    som det måtte være
  • as well it might    som det måtte være
  • be well up on    være god til
  • do well    gøre det godt, klare sig godt
  • get well    blive rask
  • go well    gå godt
  • well advised    velbetænkt, klog
  • well and good    ganske godt
  • well and truly    helt, godt og grundigt
  • well appointed    veludrustet, veludstyret, velindrettet
  • well away    helt væk, fordybet
  • well born    af god herkomst
  • well done    gennemstegt, gennemkogt
  • well found    veludrustet, veludstyret, velindrettet
  • well made    velgjort, velskabt, dygtigt lavet
  • well meaning    velmenende, velment
  • well nigh    næsten
  • well off    velhavende, heldigt stillet
  • well thought-of    velanskreven
  • well timed    betimelig, som sker i rette tid
  • well up in    højt oppe

2.
n. - brønd, kilde, beholder, fordybning, skakt, dam, smelterum, sump, hjulbrønd, advokatloge
v. intr. - springe, vælde op
v. tr. - vælde, strømme, flyde

idioms:

  • well up    vælde frem

Nederlands (Dutch)
bron, (water)put, oliebron, goed, in orde, best, flink, gezond, bekwaam, nou...(in conversatie), putachtige ruimte (zoals trappenhuis), wellen

Français (French)
1.
adv. - bien, largement, bien au-delà, avec approbation, bien du/de (plaisir), aussi, (GB) (c'était) d'enfer (fam)
adj. - bien, bon, prudent de, conseillé de, (avoir) de la chance que
int. - eh bien, tant pis!, bon, ça alors!, bon (pause dans une conversation), enfin (jugement)

idioms:

  • as well    aussi
  • as well as    aussi bien que
  • as well he may    cela n'a rien d'étonnant qu'il
  • as well he might    cela n'a rien d'étonnant qu'il
  • as well it may    cela n'a rien d'étonnant que
  • as well it might    cela n'a rien d'étonnant que
  • be well out of    être heureusement à l'écart/hors de tout (cela)
  • be well up on    être à l'aise sur, bien posséder (un sujet)
  • do well    bien réussir, être en bonne voie, bien se rétablir
  • do well out of    bien réussir de
  • get well    guérir, se rétablir, se remettre
  • go well    bien aller, bien se passer
  • in well with    bien cadrer avec
  • well advised    prudent, sage
  • well and good    (être) bien joli/bien beau (mais), soit (excl), bon (excl)
  • well and truly    bel et bien
  • well appointed    bien aménagé
  • well away    déjà loin, (GB) bien parti (fam)
  • well born    bien né
  • well done    bien fait
  • well found    bien équipé, bien approvisionné
  • well made    bien fait
  • well meaning    bien intentionné
  • well nigh    pratiquement, presque
  • well off    aisé, heureux que
  • well thought-of    bien apprécié, bien considéré, dont on a bonne opinion
  • well timed    qui tombe à point, à point nommé
  • well up in    versé, s'y connaître en
  • well up on    (être) à l'aise dans/sur

2.
n. - puits, source, (Constr) cage, (GB, Jur) barreau
v. intr. - monter, jaillir
v. tr. - se déverser

idioms:

  • well up    monter (larmes, colère)

Deutsch (German)
1.
adv. - gut, gründlich, weit, sehr wohl, ohne weiteres
adj. - gesund, in Ordnung, ratsam
int. - so, nun, na ja

idioms:

  • as well    auch, ebenso
  • as well as    nebst
  • as well he may    wozu es auch allen Grund gibt
  • as well he might    wozu es auch allen Grund gibt
  • as well it may    wozu es auch allen Grund gibt
  • as well it might    wozu es auch allen Grund gibt
  • be well out of    gut sein, mit etw. nichts mehr zu tun haben
  • be well up on    versiert sein in
  • do well    gut sein
  • do well out of    mit etw. ein gutes Geschäft machen
  • get well    genesen, gesunden
  • go well    gut klappen
  • in well with    bei jmdm. gut angeschrieben sein
  • well advised    wohlberaten
  • well and good    gut und schön
  • well and truly    richtig, wirklich
  • well appointed    gut ausgestattet
  • well away    weit fortgeschritten, (ugs.) betrunken, (ugs.) fest schlafend
  • well born    aus guter od. reicher Familie
  • well done    durch(gebraten), gut gemacht
  • well found    gut ausgestattet
  • well made    gut gearbeitet, gut gebaut
  • well meaning    wohlmeinend
  • well nigh    nahezu
  • well off    wohlhabend, gut versehen
  • well thought-of    geschätzt, mit gutem Ruf
  • well timed    zeitlich gut gewählt
  • well up in    firm in
  • well up on    etw. steigt in jmdm. auf

2.
n. - Brunnen, Heilquelle, Quell
v. - wallen, sich ergießen

idioms:

  • well up    aufwallen, firm

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - καλά, καλώς, ευτυχώς, προσεχτικά, πιθανότατα, φυσικά, αρκετά, κάμποσο επαρκώς, σχεδόν, ορθά, σωστά, ολότελα, τελείως
adj. - καλά (στην υγεία)
int. - το λοιπόν!, που λες!, μπα;, αδύνατον!, ίσως, καλά
n. - πηγάδι, φρέαρ, φρεάτιο, πηγή, κλιμακοστάσιο, φωταγωγός, πετρελαιοπηγή
v. - κυλώ, αναβλύζω, πλημμυρίζω
pref. - καλο-

idioms:

  • as well    επίσης, ομοίως
  • as well as    καθώς και, όπως επίσης
  • as well it may    όπως θα περίμενε κανείς
  • as well it might    όπως θα περίμενε κανείς
  • be well up on    είμαι απόλυτα ενήμερος για
  • do well    ευημερώ, ευδοκιμώ, προκόβω
  • get well    ανακτώ την υγεία μου, γίνομαι καλά
  • go well    πάω καλά, πετυχαίνω
  • well advised    συνετός
  • well and good    καλούτσικος, υποφερτός
  • well and truly    ολότελα, πέρα για πέρα
  • well appointed    καλοεπιπλωμένος, καλοεξοπλισμένος, καλοστημένος, περιποιημένος
  • well away    αρκετά μακριά, προχωρημένος
  • well born    από καλή οικογένεια
  • well done    καλοψημένος, τέλειος, καλός
  • well found    καλοεξοπλισμένος
  • well made    καλοφτιαγμένος
  • well meaning    καλοπροαίρετος
  • well nigh    παρά λίγο, σχεδόν
  • well off    εύπορος
  • well thought-of    ευϋπόληπτος
  • well timed    επίκαιρος
  • well up    έμπειρος
  • well up in    διαβασμένος ή ξεσκολισμένος σε

Italiano (Italian)
scaturire, sgorgare, zampillare, bene, pozzo, pozzo petrolifero, sano

idioms:

  • as well    anche
  • as well as    oltre, come pure
  • as well it might/may    per quanto sia
  • be well up on    essere bene informato di
  • get well    guarire
  • go well    andare bene
  • just as well    tanto vale
  • let well alone    lasciar perdere
  • might/may as well    tanto vale
  • well adjusted    ben inserito
  • well advised    prudente
  • well and good    va bene
  • well and truly    completamente
  • well appointed    ben fornito
  • well away    avendo fatto progresso, ubriaco fradicio
  • well balanced    equilibrato
  • well born    nobile
  • well bred    educato
  • well built    robusto
  • well connected    raccomandato di ferro
  • well defined    ben definito
  • well disposed    ben disposto
  • well done    ben cotto, ben fatto
  • well established    consolidato
  • well found    ben provvisto
  • well founded    fondato
  • well known    rinomato
  • well made    ben fatto
  • well maintained    ben conservato
  • well meaning    ben intenzionato
  • well nigh    quasi
  • well off    agiato
  • well preserved    ben conservato
  • well read    colto
  • well received    ben accolto
  • well spoken    eloquente
  • well thought-of    reputato
  • well thought-out    ponderato
  • well thumbed    sciupato
  • well timed    tempestivo
  • well tried    sperimentato
  • well up    sgorgare
  • well up in    edotto in
  • well versed    versato
  • well worn    consunto

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - bem, perfeitamente, razoavelmente
adj. - bom, adequado
int. - bom!
n. - poço (m), fonte (f), tanque (f)
v. - jorrar

idioms:

  • as well    também
  • as well as    assim como
  • as well it might/may    tão bem quanto possível
  • be well up on    aparecer em
  • do well    ir bem
  • get well    repor-se
  • go well    ir bem
  • well advised    prudente
  • well and good    não há problemas
  • well and truly    belo e bem
  • well appointed    bem equipado
  • well away    fazer bons progressos
  • well born    bem nascido
  • well done    bem feito, carne bem passada
  • well found    legítimo
  • well made    bem feito
  • well meaning    bem intencionado
  • well nigh    quase
  • well off    estar bem de vida
  • well thought-of    (bem) considerado
  • well timed    bem calculado
  • well up    aparecer
  • well up in    aparecer em

Русский (Russian)
хорошо, благоприятно, зажиточно, значительно, разумно, тщательно, очень, вполне, здоровый, хороший, зажиточный, удачный, желательный, добро, колодец, источник, водоем, лестничная клетка, шахта лифта, подниматься (о воде), ну!, итак

idioms:

  • as well    также, с таким же успехом
  • as well as    также, так же как, кроме того
  • as well it might/may    как и следовало ожидать
  • be well up on    быть хорошо информированным в каком-л. вопросе
  • do well    преуспевать
  • get well    выздоравливать
  • go well    получаться,
  • well advised    благоразумный, продуманный
  • well and good    ну и ладно
  • well and truly    основательно, полностью
  • well appointed    хорошо оборудованный
  • well away    идущий полным ходом, начинающий пьянеть, быстро засыпающий
  • well born    знатного происхождения, из хорошей семьи
  • well done    хорошо сделанный, хорошо прожаренный
  • well found    хорошо оборудованный, хорошо снаряженный
  • well made    хорошо сложенный, искусно составленный
  • well meaning    действующий из лучших побуждений
  • well nigh    почти
  • well off    богатый, в благоприятных условиях, в хорошем положении
  • well thought-of    пользующийся хорошей репутацией
  • well timed    своевременный, уместный
  • well up    вскипать
  • well up in    быть сведущим, хорошо осведомленным в чем-л.

Español (Spanish)
1.
adv. - bien, correctamente, competentemente, completamente, sobradamente, honestamente, con razón, muy, mucho
adj. - bien, bueno, satisfactorio, adecuado, conveniente, sano, en buena salud, curado
int. - bueno!, vaya!, ¡vamos!, toma!

idioms:

  • as well    también, a la vez, con igual razón
  • as well as    además de, así como, igual que
  • as well he may    es de esperarse que él
  • as well he might    era de esperarse que él
  • as well it may    y con razón, como es de esperarse
  • as well it might    y con razón, como podía esperarse
  • be well out of    estar feliz fuera de (algo totalmente acabado)
  • be well up on    bien preparado, experto
  • do well    hacerlo bien
  • do well out of    mantenerse afuera
  • get well    reponerse, restablecerse, sanar
  • go well    salir bien, ir bien, ir por buen camino
  • in well with    de buenas con, en una buena con
  • well advised    prudente, oportuno, acertado
  • well and good    muy bien, ¡tanto mejor!, santo y bueno
  • well and truly    decisivamente, completamente
  • well appointed    bien equipado, bien amueblado
  • well away    hacer un considerable progreso, bien dormido o borracho
  • well born    bien nacido, de buena familia
  • well done    bien hecho, bien cocido (carne)
  • well found    bien equipado, muy completo
  • well made    bien hecho
  • well meaning    bienintencionado, sincero
  • well nigh    casi
  • well off    adinerado, acomodado
  • well thought-of    bien considerado, de buena reputación
  • well timed    oportuno
  • well up in    conocer muy bien, ser perito en
  • well up on    bien preparado, experto, perito

2.
n. - pozo, aljibe, manantial
v. intr. - brotar, manar, fluir
v. tr. - verter, derramar, vaciar

idioms:

  • well up    brotar, manar

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - bra, väl, gott
adj. - frisk, bra, väl
int. - nå, ja, jo, nåväl
n. - väl, gott, brunn, källa, trapphus, hisschakt, hål
v. - välla
pref. - väl-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
很好地, 好意地, 适当地, 建康的, 适宜的, 良好的, 好啦, 咳, 井, 源泉, 泉水, 涌起, 升起, 溢出, 涌出

idioms:

  • as well    也, 又, 还
  • as well as    不但...而且, 和, 和...一样, 也
  • as well it may    完全有理由的
  • as well it might    完全有理由的
  • be well up on    对...消息灵通, 熟悉
  • do well    做得好, 进展好
  • get well    康复
  • go well    进展顺利, 顺遂
  • well advised    审慎的, 很细心的, 有思虑的
  • well and good    也好, 也可以, 好吧
  • well and truly    准确地, 确实地
  • well appointed    设备完善的, 配备齐全的
  • well away    呜呼, 哀哉
  • well born    出身名门的
  • well done    好的开端是成功的一半
  • well found    设备完善的, 装备齐全的
  • well made    做工考究的, 身材好的, 身材匀称的, 戏剧等人物及思想肤浅但情节构思巧妙的
  • well meaning    善意的, 好心的
  • well nigh    几乎
  • well off    富裕的, 处境好的
  • well thought-of    有声誉的, 好声名的
  • well timed    时机正好的, 正合时宜的
  • well up    涌出, 涌现
  • well up in    熟悉, 对...消息灵通

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 井;水井;油井;泉源
v. intr. - 湧上;流出;冒出;湧出
v. tr. - 湧出

idioms:

  • well up    湧出, 湧現
  • well up in    熟悉, 對...消息靈通

2.
adv. - 有利地;妥善地;令人滿意地;好
adj. - 良好地;令人滿意的;健康的;對的
int. - 好啦, 咳

idioms:

  • as well    也, 又, 還
  • as well as    不但...而且, 和, 和...一樣, 也
  • as well it may    完全有理由的
  • as well it might    完全有理由的
  • be well up on    對...消息靈通, 熟悉
  • do well    做得好, 進展好
  • get well    康復
  • go well    進展順利, 順遂
  • well advised    審慎的, 很細心的, 有思慮的
  • well and good    也好, 也可以, 好吧
  • well and truly    準確地, 確實地
  • well appointed    設備完善的, 配備齊全的
  • well away    嗚呼, 哀哉
  • well born    出身名門的
  • well done    好的開端是成功的一半
  • well found    設備完善的, 裝備齊全的
  • well made    做工考究的, 身材好的, 身材勻稱的, 戲劇等人物及思想膚淺但情節構思巧妙的
  • well meaning    善意的, 好心的
  • well nigh    幾乎
  • well off    富裕的, 處境好的
  • well thought-of    有聲譽的, 好聲名的
  • well timed    時機正好的, 正合時宜的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adv. - 만족히, 상당히
adj. - 건강한, 좋은, 타당한
int. - (놀라움) 이것 참, (망설임) 그런데, (정세의 확인) 그러면

idioms:

  • as well    더욱이, 똑같이 잘
  • as well as    ~은 물론, ~와 마찬가지로
  • as well it may    ~은 물론이다, 그럴 만 하다
  • as well it might    ~은 물론이다, 그럴 만 하다
  • be well up on    ~에 능숙하다
  • do well    친절히 대하다, 잘 되어가다, 건강이 회복되다
  • get well    회복하다, 나아지다
  • go well    잘되어 가다, 잘 팔리다, 잘 어울리다
  • well advised    사려 있는, 분별 있는, 신중한
  • well and good    좋아, 할 수 없다
  • well and truly    완전히 , 아주
  • well appointed    설비가 갖추어진, 잘 정비된
  • well away    진행하여, 취하기 시작하여
  • well born    태생이 좋은
  • well done    잘 수행된, (고기가) 잘 익은
  • well found    설비가 갖추어진, 잘 정비된
  • well made    (몸이) 균형 잡힌, 잘 만들어진, 구성이 잘 된
  • well meaning    선의의, 선의로 행한, 호인인
  • well nigh    거의
  • well off    유복한, ~이 풍요한, 순경에 있는
  • well thought-of    평판이 좋은, 존경 받고 있는
  • well timed    시기 적절한, 시가가 좋은
  • well up in    ~을 잘 알고 있는, ~이 통해 있는

2.
n. - 우물, 샘
v. intr. - 솟아 나오다, 분출하다
v. tr. - 분출 시키다

idioms:

  • well up    (생각이) 치밀어 오르다

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - うまく, 適切に, 申し分なく, どうしても, 十分に, かなり, よく
adj. - 健康で, 都合がいい, 適当な
int. - おやおや, そうですね, ええと, おや, まあ, さて, やれやれ, まあいいさ
n. - 井戸, 井, 泉, 源泉, 弁護士席, 縦穴, 吹き抜け, 良いこと
v. - わき出る

idioms:

  • as well    …するがよい, 悪いことではない
  • as well as    同様に, …はもちろん
  • as well it might/may    するのと同じく
  • be well rid of    すっかり免れる
  • be well up on    よく知っている
  • do well    りっぱにやる, 順調である
  • get well    健康になる
  • go off well    うまくいく
  • go well    うまくいく良く似合う
  • let well alone    良い事をそのままにしておく
  • mixes well    よく調和する
  • well adjusted    順応性が高い
  • well advised    賢明な
  • well and good    仕方がない
  • well and truly    完全に, 全く
  • well appointed    設備の整った
  • well away    かなり進んで, 先んじて
  • well balanced    釣り合いのとれた, 常識のある
  • well being    幸福
  • well born    生まれの良い
  • well bred    育ちの良い, 良種の
  • well built    よい造りの
  • well connected    良い親戚に恵まれた, 筋のよく通った
  • well defined    明瞭な
  • well disposed    気立ての良い, 好意を寄せる
  • well done    よくできた十分焼けた
  • well established    確固たる
  • well found    設備の行き届いた
  • well founded    基礎のしっかりした
  • well grounded    正当な理由のある, 基礎が十分教えられている
  • well I never!    まさか!
  • well known    周知の
  • well made    作り事の
  • well maintained    保存状態のよい
  • well meaning    善意の
  • well nigh    ほとんど
  • well off    順調な, 裕福な
  • well preserved    若々しい
  • well read    博識の
  • well received    受けがいい
  • well spoken    雄弁な, 言葉づかいが上品な
  • well thought-of    評判のよい
  • well thought-out    考え抜かれた
  • well thumbed    読み込まれた
  • well timed    時機を得た, 息のあった
  • well tried    試しぬかれた
  • well up    湧き出る
  • well up in    湧き出る
  • well versed    精通している
  • well worn    使い古した, 身に付けている, 陳腐な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) جيدا, خيرا, كثيرا, تماما (صفه) بحق, بعدل, بسهوله, برفاهيه, برباطه الجأش (نداء) جيد, حسنا (الاسم) ينبوع, بئر, بئر السلم, بئر المصعد (فعل) يتفجر, ينبحس, ينبع, يدفق (بادئه الكلمه) حسن, جيد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮טוב, היטב, כיאות, כראוי, בהרבה, במידה ניכרת, בצדק, בדין, במצב טוב, מוטב, בכישרון, באופן משביע רצון, באופן יסודי‬
adj. - ‮טוב, בריא, רצוי‬
int. - ‮טוב, בסדר, ובכן‬
n. - ‮באר, מקור, מעיין, פיר, ארובת-מעלית, מחיצת הפרקליטים, טובה, רווחה, אושר, איזור של פוטנציאל מזערי (פיסיקה)‬
v. intr. - ‮פרץ, קלח‬
v. tr. - ‮זרם‬


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