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单词 em
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(ɪm-)
pronunciation note: Often pronounced (em-), particularly in American English.
prefix
Em- is a form of en- that is used before b-, m-, and p-.
The person who embodies democracy at the local level is the mayor.
I want to empower the businessman.

em in British English

(ɛm)
noun printing
1.  Also called: mutton, mut
the square of a body of any size of type, used as a unit of measurement
2.  Also called: pica em, pica
a unit of measurement used in printing, equal to one sixth of an inch
Word origin
C19: from the name of the letter M

em- in British English

prefix
before b, m, and p, a variant of en-1, en-2

'em in British English

(əm)
pronoun
an informal variant of them

'em in American English

(əm)
pronoun
Informal
them
Word origin
taken as corruption of them, but also < ME hem, dat. pl. of 3d pers. pron. used as acc. & later replaced by them

EM in American English

1. 
electromagnetic
2. 
engineer of mines
3. 
enlisted man (or men)

em in American English

(ɛm)
noun
1. 
the letter M
2.  Printing; Obsolete
a unit of measure the width of a capital M in a type font

em- in American English

(ɛm; ɪm)
en-1
used before b, m, or p
emboss, empower

More idioms containing
em-

knock 'em dead

Examples of 'em' in a sentence
em

I suppose there'd be some women there who'd let Boris put the hard word on 'em.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
That Mrs Quantock brought'em in to see her - the duty sergeant let 'em talk to her.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
Except I know people in here different from the way you know ` em.
Smith, Mitchell STONE CITY
Mind you," he chuckled, `they did have their initials on ` em.
Malcolm, John GOTHIC PURSUIT
Besides, we don't have all that many people aboard that we can spare ` em.
Clancy, Tom CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (1989)

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