Definition of "yet" in 英语

adverb

1. Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.

2. At some future time; eventually.

   • The riddle will be solved yet.

3. (after 'have' and certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.

   • I’ve yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.
   • I had yet to go to a convention. — I had not yet gone to a convention.
   • They are yet to win a single match. — They have not yet won a single match.
   • He seemed yet to be convinced. — He seemed not yet to have been convinced.

4. In addition.

   • There are two hours yet to go until our destination.

5. (degree) Even.

   • K-2 is yet higher than this.
   • Oh no! Yet more problems!

conjunction

1. Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.

   • I thought I knew you, yet how wrong was I!
   • It’s incredible yet true.

verb

1. (obsolete) To pour.

   • […] & stablenes of perseueraunce; graunt me for all wor[l]dly consolacyons the swete, gracyous vnccyon of the holy goost, & for all carnall loue
   • Some with a fals herte, and a payntyd face In his lordes seruyce to haue chefe rowme and place Into his lordes erys yetyth secretly Lyes venemous, […]

2. (obsolete outside dialects) To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).

   • […] whiche shall present him selfe openly stained or embrued with sondry colours, or poudered with the duste of stones that he cutteth, or perfumed with tedious sauours of the metalles by him yoten.

noun

1. (dialectal) A metal pan or boiler; yetling.

verb

1. (nonstandard, West Country) To get.