请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 admeasure
释义

Definition of admeasure in English:

admeasure

verb adˈmɛʒə
  • 1with object To measure, make measurement of. In later use chiefly: specifically to make formal measurement of (a ship) in order to determine its capacity or tonnage.

  • 2no object With complement. To be of a specified capacity, tonnage, size, etc.; to have an admeasurement of a specified weight or magnitude.

  • 3with object Chiefly Law. To assign or allot (something) to each person according to his or her due share; to apportion. Also: to allot or measure out the stipulated or agreed share of something to (someone).

Origin

Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman and Middle French admesurer, amesurer to moderate (late 12th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman; also (reflexively) to show moderation), to measure, assess (dower, pasture, etc.), to consider, to allocate, apportion, to make measurement of from post-classical Latin admensurare to measure out, to allot, to assess, to moderate, restrict, to apportion, to measure from classical Latin ad- + mensūrāre.

 
 

Definition of admeasure in US English:

admeasure

verbadˈmɛʒə
  • 1with object To measure, make measurement of. In later use chiefly: specifically to make formal measurement of (a ship) in order to determine its capacity or tonnage.

  • 2no object With complement. To be of a specified capacity, tonnage, size, etc.; to have an admeasurement of a specified weight or magnitude.

  • 3with object Chiefly Law. To assign or allot (something) to each person according to his or her due share; to apportion. Also: to allot or measure out the stipulated or agreed share of something to (someone).

Origin

Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman and Middle French admesurer, amesurer to moderate (late 12th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman; also (reflexively) to show moderation), to measure, assess (dower, pasture, etc.), to consider, to allocate, apportion, to make measurement of from post-classical Latin admensurare to measure out, to allot, to assess, to moderate, restrict, to apportion, to measure from classical Latin ad- + mensūrāre.

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 2:21:43