Gage

[geɪdʒ] or [gedʒ]

解釋/意思:

(n.) A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.

(n.) A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance.

(n.) A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.

(n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.

(n.) To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.

(n.) A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.

(v. t.) To measure. See Gauge, v. t.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Pawn, pledge, security.[2]. Challenge.

v. a. Pawn, impawn, pledge, give as security.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Engage, bind, pledge, secure, pawn, deposit

ANT:Intimate, promise, acquit, release, redeem

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解釋/意思:

n. a pledge: something thrown down as a challenge as a glove.—v.t. to bind by pledge or security: offer as a guarantee: to stake wager.

n. name applied to several varieties of plum.

See Gauge.

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