Mean

[miːn] or [min]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n.

(verb.) destine or designate for a certain purpose; 'These flowers were meant for you'.

(verb.) denote or connote; '`maison' means `house' in French'; 'An example sentence would show what this word means'.

(verb.) mean or intend to express or convey; 'You never understand what I mean!'; 'what do his words intend?'.

(verb.) have a specified degree of importance; 'My ex-husband means nothing to me'; 'Happiness means everything'.

(adj.) (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; 'a mean person'; 'he left a miserly tip' .

(adj.) excellent; 'famous for a mean backhand' .

昌西整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

(v. t.) To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.

(v. i.) To have a purpose or intention.

(superl.) Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.

(superl.) Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.

(superl.) Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.

(superl.) Of poor quality; as, mean fare.

(superl.) Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.

(a.) Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.

(a.) Intermediate in excellence of any kind.

(a.) Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.

(n.) That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.

(n.) A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.

(n.) That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.

(n.) Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.

(n.) A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.

(n.) Meantime; meanwhile.

(n.) A mediator; a go-between.

凯瑟琳整理

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Middle, medium, average.[2]. Intermediate, intervening, coming between.[3]. Ignoble, plebeian, untitled, low, base-born, ordinary, common, vulgar, coarse, homespun.[4]. Base, abject, grovelling, vile, contemptible, despicable, servile, beggarly, sneaking, dirty, scurvy, shabby, sorry, disingenuous, unfair, rascally, pitiful, base-minded, low-minded, dishonorable.[5]. Sordid, penurious, miserly, stingy, niggardly, illiberal, ungenerous, selfish, narrow, mercenary, narrow-minded.[6]. Small, little, paltry, insignificant, diminutive, petty, poor, wretched.

n. [1]. Medium, mediocrity, middle state, middle course.[2]. Instrument, method, mode, way, means.

v. a. [1]. Intend, purpose, design, have in view.[2]. Signify, indicate, imply, denote, purport, import, express.

v. n. Intend, purpose, design, have in view, propose to one's self.

斐迪南整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Common, low, base, spiritless, dishonorable, contemptible, despicable,beggarly, sordid, vulgar, niggardly, vile

ANT:High, exalted, eminent, spirited, honorable, lordly, princely, munificent,liberal, generous

SYN:Intend, purpose, design, signify, denote, indicate, hint, suggest

ANT:Say, state, enunciate,[See DO], execute, perform

SYN:Medium, moderation, balance, average

ANT:Extreme, excess, preponderance, disproportion, deficiency, shortcoming,inadequacy

SYN:Middle, intermediate, average

ANT:Extreme, excessive, exorbitant

錄入:万斯

解釋/意思:

adj. low in rank or birth: base: sordid: low in worth or estimation: of little value or importance: poor humble: despicable.—adj. Mean′-born of humble origin.—adv. Mean′ly.—n. Mean′ness state or quality of being mean: want of nobility or excellence: a low action.—adj. Mean′-spir′ited having a mean spirit base.—n. Mean′-spir′itedness.

adj. middle: coming between two others in size degree quantity time &c.: average: moderate.—n. the middle point quantity value or degree: (math.) a term interpolated between two terms of a series and consequently intermediate in magnitude: (mus.) a middle voice or voice-part as the tenor or alto the second or third string in a viol: instrument or medium: (pl.) that by which anything is caused or brought to pass: income: estate: instrument.—n. Mean′-time the interval between two given times.—advs. Mean′time Mean′while in the intervening time.—Means of grace divine ordinances by which divine grace reaches the hearts of men—word and sacraments.—Arithmetical mean the average obtained by adding several quantities together and dividing the sum by their number; Harmonic mean the reciprocal of the arithmetical mean of the reciprocals of the quantities concerned; Geometric mean the mean obtained by multiplying two quantities together and extracting the square root of the product; Golden mean the middle course between two extremes: a wise moderation; Quadratic mean the square root of the arithmetical mean of the squares of the given quantities.—By all means certainly; By any means in any way; By no means certainly not.—In the mean (Spens.) in the meantime.

v.i. (Shak.) to lament to moan.

v.t. to have in the mind or thoughts: to intend to purpose: to signify.—v.i. to have in the mind: to have meaning or disposition:—pr.p. mean′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. meant (ment).—n. Mean′ing that which is in the mind or thoughts: signification: the sense intended: purpose.—adj. significant.—adj. Mean′ingless without meaning.—adv. Mean′ingly.

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