mere

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n. 小湖, 池塘 a. 仅仅的, 只不过的

发音

UK /mɪə̯/
US /mɪɚ/
其它 /mjɜː/
NZ /miə/
其它 /mjɜː/
SCOT /miːɹ/
ZA /mjøː/

词形变化

meres 复数 mered meres 三单 mering mering 现在分词 mered 过去式 mered 过去分词 merer 比较级 merer merest merest 最高级

别名

meer meere mear meare mar

教材释义与例句

形容词

仅仅的；只不过的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line.

  2. 1.

    A body of standing water, such as a lake or a pond (formerly even a body of seawater), especially a broad, shallow one. (Also included in place names such as Windermere.)

    方言 文学
  3. 1.

    Alternative form of mayor and mair.

    废旧
  4. 1.

    A Maori war-club.

v.
  1. 1.

    To limit; bound; divide or cause division in.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To set divisions and bounds.

    不及物 废旧
  3. 3.

    To decide upon the position of a boundary; to position it on a map.

adj. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.

    仅

    The mere thought of pineapple on pizza makes me want to throw up.

    The mere suggestion that the queen’s brother tried to kill your boy would be considered treason.

  2. 2.

    Pure, unalloyed .

    废旧
  3. 3.

    Nothing less than; complete, downright .

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

pool pond
形容词

同义词 2

simple bare

近义相关 2

plain specified

相关短语

mere mortal 凡人 mere mortals mere exposure effect mere exposure effects mere pool mere pools en ventre sa mere South Mere Branston and Mere

词源

From Middle English mere, from Old English mǣre, ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”). Cognate with Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”), Icelandic mærr (“borderland”), Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”).

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