cherish

verb
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃ/
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃ/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cherish
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃ/
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃ/
he / she / it cherishes
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃɪz/
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃɪz/
past simple cherished
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃt/
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃt/
past participle cherished
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃt/
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃt/
-ing form cherishing
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃɪŋ/
🔊/ˈtʃerɪʃɪŋ/
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  1. cherish somebody/something to love somebody/something very much and want to protect them or it珍爱;钟爱;爱护
    • Children need to be cherished.儿童需要无微不至的呵护。🔊🔊
    • her most cherished possession她最珍爱的物品
    Topics Family and relationshipsc2
  2. cherish something to keep an idea, a hope or a pleasant feeling in your mind for a long time抱有(信念、希望);怀有(好感);怀念
    • Cherish the memory of those days in Paris.怀念在巴黎的岁月。🔊🔊
    • He cherishes the hope that one day they will meet again.他希望他们有一天能再次见面。
  3. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘treat with affection’): from Old French cheriss-, lengthened stem of cherir, from cher ‘dear’, from Latin carus.