mete

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vt. 量, 测量, 分配 n. 边界, 界石

发音

US /miːt/

词形变化

metes 复数 metes met meted metes 三单 metest meteth meting meting 现在分词 meted 过去式 meted 过去分词 more mete 比较级 most mete 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.

v.
  1. 1.

    To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

    及物

    the Power that fashions man Measured not out thy little span For thee to take the meting-rod In turn,

adj.
  1. 1.

    Obsolete spelling of meet (“suitable, fitting”).

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

border borderline delimitation

上位词 3

bound bounds boundary

下位词 5

circuit circumference fenceline property line state line

相关短语

mete out 给予; 给予惩罚; 责罚; 使受苦

词源

From Middle English mete, from Old French mete (“boundary, boundary marker”), from Latin mēta (“post, goal, marker”). Cognate with the second element in Old English wullmod (“distaff”).

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