moot

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n. 大会, 模拟案件, 辩论会 a. 未决议的, 无实际意义的 vt. 讨论, 争论

发音

US
/muːt/
/ˈmʊt/
AU

词形变化

moots 复数 moots 三单 mooting 现在分词 mooted 过去式 mooted 过去分词 mootest more moot 比较级 most moot 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A moot court.

  2. 2.

    A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.

    宗教
  3. 3.

    An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).

    历史
  4. 4.

    A ring for gauging wooden pins.

    商务 工程
  5. 5.

    A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.

  6. 6.

    A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks.

  7. 1.

    A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.

    苏格兰 可数 不可数
  8. 2.

    Talk.

    苏格兰 可数 不可数
  9. 1.

    The vagina.

    澳大利亚
  10. 1.

    The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.

  11. 1.

    A mutual follower on a social media platform.

    Eid Mubarak to all my muslim moots out there

    I just simply post them in my main Twitter account, then hoping that my moots will like and retweet them.

    RT: hi..jst joined #edtwt! let’s be moots and rt each other

v.
  1. 1.

    To discuss or debate.

  2. 2.

    To argue or plead in a supposed case.

  3. 3.

    To talk or speak.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    To bring up as a subject for debate.

  5. 5.

    To make or declare irrelevant.

    美国
  6. 6.

    To say, utter, also insinuate.

    苏格兰
  7. 1.

    To take root and begin to grow.

  8. 2.

    To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.

    罕用

    […] :indeed we were obligd to hawl off rather in a hurry for the wind freshning a little we found ourselves in a bay which it was a moot point whether or not we could get out of: […]

  2. 2.

    Being an exercise of thought; academic.

    加拿大 美国 法律
  3. 3.

    Having no practical consequence or relevance.

    加拿大 美国

    That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.

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词源

From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet. The adjective derives from the noun.

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