† mersn.¹

Forms: pre-1700 meris, pre-1700 mers, pre-1700 merse.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch merse.

Etymology: < Middle Dutch merse (Dutch mars ) crow's nest, basket, merchandise, cognate with Middle Low German marse , merse ( > German Mars (15th cent.)), probably ultimately < classical Latin merx (see market n.).With mers clothes n. at Compounds, compare Middle Low German mertzecledinge, Old Swedish märsaklädhe (Swedish märs-kläde).

Scottish. Nautical. Obsolete.

A round-top surrounding the lower masthead on a ship.

ΚΠ

1494 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 253 Item for ane gret mast, ane ra, ane swken, a pygy mast; and thir rais and the takling with ane mers,..and for ane pomp and other small graith, x li.

1505–6 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 183 Item..to the man that maid the mers of the schip, in drinksilvir xiiijs.

1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 189 Item..to Alexander Chamir, payntour, quhilk payntit the mers of the Kingis schip x Franch crounis.

1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 185 A saill als quhite as blossum vpon spray, Wyth merse of gold brycht as the stern of day.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 593 [They] gart men pas on to the meris and spy.

Compounds

mers clothes n. streamers and hangings suspended from a round-top.

ΚΠ

1504–6 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 89 Item xxvj elne carsay blew, rede, quhit and ȝallow to be ij mers clathis to the schip.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

MERSn.²

Brit.

/məːz/, U.S.

/mərz/

Forms: 2000s– MERS, 2000s– Mers.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: Middle East respiratory syndrome n. at Middle East n. Compounds.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of Middle East respiratory syndrome n. at Middle East n. Compounds (compare quot. 2013¹). Compare earlier SARS n.

Medicine.

Middle East respiratory syndrome, an acute infectious disease caused by a coronavirus, usually presenting with fever and cough, and in a significant proportion of cases progressing to pneumonia, respiratory and renal failure, and death. Also (more fully MERS coronavirus, MERS CoV, MERS virus): the virus itself. Frequently as a modifier.First recognized as an outbreak that began in the Middle East in 2012.The coronavirus that causes MERS is believed to have originated in bats and to be transmitted to humans from dromedary camels. Cases continue to occur, mainly among individuals in contact with camels and health-care workers treating such individuals, and the overall case fatality rate is estimated to be around 35%.

ΚΠ

2013 www.science.mag.org 6 May (accessed 28 May 2020) An international group of scientists and public health officials will soon recommend that the new virus be called Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS--CoV).

2013 Observer 15 Sept. (Tech Monthly Suppl.) 8/4 As of 3 September, 108 cases of Mers had been reported in countries as diverse as Jordan, Italy and the UK.

2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 June a4/6 The self-isolation advisory to people who have been exposed to the MERS virus is widely practiced elsewhere.

2020 MailOnline (Nexis) 19 May We've known super-spreading events are important for other coronaviruses, like SARS and MERS.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mers
释义	† mersn.¹ Forms: pre-1700 meris, pre-1700 mers, pre-1700 merse. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch merse. Etymology: < Middle Dutch merse (Dutch mars ) crow's nest, basket, merchandise, cognate with Middle Low German marse , merse ( > German Mars (15th cent.)), probably ultimately < classical Latin merx (see market n.).With mers clothes n. at Compounds, compare Middle Low German mertzecledinge, Old Swedish märsaklädhe (Swedish märs-kläde). Scottish. Nautical. Obsolete. A round-top surrounding the lower masthead on a ship. ΚΠ 1494 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 253 Item for ane gret mast, ane ra, ane swken, a pygy mast; and thir rais and the takling with ane mers,..and for ane pomp and other small graith, x li. 1505–6 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 183 Item..to the man that maid the mers of the schip, in drinksilvir xiiijs. 1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 189 Item..to Alexander Chamir, payntour, quhilk payntit the mers of the Kingis schip x Franch crounis. 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 185 A saill als quhite as blossum vpon spray, Wyth merse of gold brycht as the stern of day. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 593 [They] gart men pas on to the meris and spy. Compounds mers clothes n. streamers and hangings suspended from a round-top. ΚΠ 1504–6 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 89 Item xxvj elne carsay blew, rede, quhit and ȝallow to be ij mers clathis to the schip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). MERSn.² Brit. /məːz/, U.S. /mərz/ Forms: 2000s– MERS, 2000s– Mers. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: Middle East respiratory syndrome n. at Middle East n. Compounds. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of Middle East respiratory syndrome n. at Middle East n. Compounds (compare quot. 2013¹). Compare earlier SARS n. Medicine. Middle East respiratory syndrome, an acute infectious disease caused by a coronavirus, usually presenting with fever and cough, and in a significant proportion of cases progressing to pneumonia, respiratory and renal failure, and death. Also (more fully MERS coronavirus, MERS CoV, MERS virus): the virus itself. Frequently as a modifier.First recognized as an outbreak that began in the Middle East in 2012.The coronavirus that causes MERS is believed to have originated in bats and to be transmitted to humans from dromedary camels. Cases continue to occur, mainly among individuals in contact with camels and health-care workers treating such individuals, and the overall case fatality rate is estimated to be around 35%. ΚΠ 2013 www.science.mag.org 6 May (accessed 28 May 2020) An international group of scientists and public health officials will soon recommend that the new virus be called Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS--CoV). 2013 Observer 15 Sept. (Tech Monthly Suppl.) 8/4 As of 3 September, 108 cases of Mers had been reported in countries as diverse as Jordan, Italy and the UK. 2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 June a4/6 The self-isolation advisory to people who have been exposed to the MERS virus is widely practiced elsewhere. 2020 MailOnline (Nexis) 19 May We've known super-spreading events are important for other coronaviruses, like SARS and MERS. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1494n.²2013
随便看	to row against the wind and flood to row against the wind and stream to row against the wind and tide to row back to row beyond one's reach to row down to row dry to row guard to row in to row in the in one boat to row in the same boat to row off to row one way and look another to row out to row over to row past one's reach to row someone up salt river to row the rounds to row to a standstill to row up to row up salt river to rub a etc up the wrong way to rub a person to the whit to rub a person to whit to rub a person up the wrong way

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