| 单词 | to use a mean |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto use a mean ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun] i-metOE hovec1175 metc1175 methec1175 measurec1225 measure?c1225 temperancea1340 methefulnessc1350 temperurec1380 mannera1382 mannernessa1382 sobernessc1384 attemperancec1386 measurablenessa1400 amesingc1400 meanheada1425 mediocrity?a1425 moderation?a1425 moderancea1460 temperancy1526 mean1531 modesty1531 temperature1536 measure-keeping1556 moderateness1571 moderature1574 sobriety1582 mediety1583 moderacy1601 temperateness1609 reserve1660 medium1693 soft pedal1899 met1932 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > moderate or with moderation [phrase] in (also by, with) measurec1225 of measurec1400 in moderation1483 in a mean1531 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > behave with moderation or restraint [verb (intransitive)] to keep (also observe) measure(s) (also a measure)a1500 to use a mean1607 go-easy1860 to pull one's punches1931 to go slow1962 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xvi. sig. dviv Who so euer is contented with his present astate, & supposeth felicitie to be in a meane.., will a lowe these sentences. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus To Gentlem. Eng. I woulde desire all..to vse this pastime in suche a mean, that the outragiousnes of great gamyng, shuld not hurte the honestie of shotyng. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. D8 De kinge..axede them what meane one oughte to keape in suche a case. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 5 So they [sc. versifying, dancing, and singing] bee vsed with meane, & exercised in due time. 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue ii. 103 I wish, that Lords and their ministers would use a meane in exacting. a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) ii. ii. 20 I will be what I please, Sir, So I exceed not Mean. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 23 But to speake in a Meane. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. i. 4 Use a mean in sleep and waking. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xvii. 573 When he seeks the Prize, War knows no mean. < as lemmas |
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