英语词汇“the meanest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Of low social status; spec. not of the nobility or gentry. Cf. common adj. 11. Now rare except in the superlative (chiefly hyperbolically), as the meanest ——.

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leasteOE

wokec897

littleOE

lowc1175

eathlyc1200

smallc1275

simplec1300

meana1375

humblec1386

ignoble1447

servile1447

base1490

slighta1500

sober1533

silly1568

unresponsal1579

dunghilled1600

villainous1607

without name1611

woollena1616

dunghilly1616

unresponsible1629

under-stateda1661

low-down1865

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1937 (MED) Þe grete..in þe gaiest wise, & menere men as þei miȝt.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13272 Nu ches felaus wil he bigin, Bot noght o riche kinges kin,..Bot mene men o pour lijf.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 10976 Þe legate & oþer bisshopes of mener state.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) x. 24 Therfor my fayre doughters shewe youre curtosye vnto the mene and smal peple.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 154 The Commons (specially such as were of the meaner sort) cryed vpon Thomas fitz Thomas.

1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 128/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The opinion..and iudgement of a meane burgesse, is of as great auaile as is the best lords.

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. C2 O loue, how powerfull art thou, that canst change..a noble mind, To the meane semblance of a shooemaker?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. v. 83 These hands do lacke Nobility, that they strike A meaner then my selfe.

a1626 F. Bacon Christian Paradoxes in Wks. (1879) I. 341 He bears a lofty spirit in a mean condition.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1675 (1955) IV. 56 Sir Will: being the sonn of a meane man some where in Sussex.

1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 39 The meanest English Plowman studies Law.

1774 in Lett. Ld. Chesterfield (1792) I. xliv. 141 A mean fellow..is ashamed when he comes into good company.

1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 225 The meanest persons smoke tobacco.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvi. 206 The irresistible, universal, automatic tendency to find sweet pleasure somewhere, which pervades all life, from the meanest to the highest.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 747/1 The poorest and meanest tribesman had equal right with the proudest to voice his opinion.

1991 R. Cecil Masks of Death (BNC) 16 Even the meanest clerk expected to employ at least a resident maid-of-all-work.

单词	the meanest
释义	> as lemmas the meanest —— a. Of low social status; spec. not of the nobility or gentry. Cf. common adj. 11. Now rare except in the superlative (chiefly hyperbolically), as the meanest ——. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [adjective] leasteOE wokec897 littleOE lowc1175 eathlyc1200 smallc1275 simplec1300 meana1375 humblec1386 ignoble1447 servile1447 base1490 slighta1500 sober1533 silly1568 unresponsal1579 dunghilled1600 villainous1607 without name1611 woollena1616 dunghilly1616 unresponsible1629 under-stateda1661 low-down1865 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1937 (MED) Þe grete..in þe gaiest wise, & menere men as þei miȝt. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13272 Nu ches felaus wil he bigin, Bot noght o riche kinges kin,..Bot mene men o pour lijf. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 10976 Þe legate & oþer bisshopes of mener state. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) x. 24 Therfor my fayre doughters shewe youre curtosye vnto the mene and smal peple. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 154 The Commons (specially such as were of the meaner sort) cryed vpon Thomas fitz Thomas. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 128/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The opinion..and iudgement of a meane burgesse, is of as great auaile as is the best lords. 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. C2 O loue, how powerfull art thou, that canst change..a noble mind, To the meane semblance of a shooemaker? a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. v. 83 These hands do lacke Nobility, that they strike A meaner then my selfe. View more context for this quotation a1626 F. Bacon Christian Paradoxes in Wks. (1879) I. 341 He bears a lofty spirit in a mean condition. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1675 (1955) IV. 56 Sir Will: being the sonn of a meane man some where in Sussex. 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 39 The meanest English Plowman studies Law. 1774 in Lett. Ld. Chesterfield (1792) I. xliv. 141 A mean fellow..is ashamed when he comes into good company. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 225 The meanest persons smoke tobacco. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvi. 206 The irresistible, universal, automatic tendency to find sweet pleasure somewhere, which pervades all life, from the meanest to the highest. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 747/1 The poorest and meanest tribesman had equal right with the proudest to voice his opinion. 1991 R. Cecil Masks of Death (BNC) 16 Even the meanest clerk expected to employ at least a resident maid-of-all-work. extracted from meanadj.¹ < as lemmas
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