| 单词 | mark |
| 释义 | mark (once / 44 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n 4n A mark is some kind of dot, line, or figure that emphasizes or distinguishes something. You might make a mark on your calendar to remind you of your best friend's birthday. There are many kinds of marks, from punctuation — like quotation marks — to spots or scars on skin — "The bee sting left a mark on his cheek." When you mark something, you leave a mark on it, check it off, cross it out, or label it. You can also mark something by noticing or acknowledging it: "Let's mark your birthday with a big party!" Shopkeepers mark prices on goods, and a "mark down" is a reduction in price. WORD FAMILYmark: marked, marker, marking, marks+/marked: markedly, unmarked/marker: markers/marking: markings/unmarked: unmarkedly USAGE EXAMPLESFlowers will mark the Pumas’ first outing in two weeks. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) If those projections prove true, 2016 would mark the seventh consecutive year of rising automotive sales. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The Winter Solstice, celebrated this year on Dec. 21, marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) 1 1n a distinguishing symbol the owner's mark was on all the sheep Syn|Hypo|Hyper marker, marking earmark identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal brandidentification mark on skin, made by burning trademarka formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product assay-mark, authentication, hallmarka mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity postmarka cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing watermarka distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light broad arrowan arrowhead mark identifying British government property milepost, milestonestone post at side of a road to show distances peg, pinsmall markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. pip, spota mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) labelan identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object cairna mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path Sharpiea pen with indelible ink that will write on any surface logo, logotypea company emblem or device gummed label, paster, stickeran adhesive label tag, ticketa label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. taga label associated with something for the purpose of identification title bar(computer science) a horizontal label at the top of a window, bearing the name of the currently active document symbol an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance 2n a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) his answer was just a punctuation mark Hypo|Hyper arrow, pointer a mark to indicate a direction or relation broad arrowa mark shaped like an arrowhead; used to mark convicts' clothing call mark, call number, pressmarka mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location careta mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text check, check mark, ticka mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. diacritic, diacritical marka mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation ditto, ditto marka mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated dollar mark, dollar signa mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars head, pointa V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer punctuation, punctuation markthe marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases accent, accent marka diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation brevea diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound cedillaa diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s circumflexa diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality hacek, wedgea diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation macrona diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound tildea diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization diaeresis, dieresis, umlauta diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound ampersanda punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and) apostrophethe mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word braceeither of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material bracket, square bracketeither of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material angle bracket, bracketeither of two punctuation marks (`') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material colona punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter) commaa punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence exclamation mark, exclamation pointa punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation dash, hyphena punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text parenthesiseither of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material full point, full stop, period, point, stopa punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations interrogation point, question marka punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question inverted comma, quotation mark, quotea punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else semicolona punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgulea punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information swung dasha punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word printed symbol, written symbol a written or printed symbol 3n a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) she made good marks in algebra Syn|Hypo|Hyper grade, score grade point a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course centile, percentile(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total decile(statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores quartile(statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores evaluation, rating, valuation an appraisal of the value of something 4n a visible indication made on a surface some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks Syn|Hypo|Hyper print fingerprint a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations footmark, footprint, stepa mark of a foot or shoe on a surface tracea visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle mintmarka mark on a coin that identifies the mint where it was produced strokea mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush hoof mark, hoof-mark, hoofprinta visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal linea mark that is long relative to its width linein games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area cross hair, cross wireeither of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration loopthe basic pattern of the human fingerprint thumbprintfingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb) footprint evidenceevidence in the form of footprints downstrokea stroke normally made in a downward direction upstrokea stroke normally made in an upward direction flicka short stroke dotted linea line made up of dots or dashes; often used to indicate where you are supposed to sign a contract ascender(printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters bar linea vertical line before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical bars descender(printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters curlicue, squigglea short twisting line spectrum linean isolated component of a spectrum formed by radiation at a uniform frequency trend linea line on a graph indicating a statistical trend underline, underscorea line drawn underneath (especially under written matter) isometric, isometric linea line connecting isometric points graduationa line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement guidelinea light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters hairlinea very thin line shafta line that forms the length of an arrow pointer serif, seripha short line at the end of the main strokes of a character staff lineany of the 5 horizontal marks comprising a staff ledger line, leger linea short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff balkline, baulk-line, string lineline across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game finish line, finishing linea line indicating the location of the finish of a race foul linelines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field foul linea line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross foul linea line from which basketball players take penalty shots baselinethe lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases goal linea line marking each end of the playing field or pitch; where the goals stand red linea line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink line of scrimmage, scrimmage lineline parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football baseline, service linethe back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line out of bounds, sidelinea line that marks the side boundary of a playing field scratch, scratch line, start, starting linea line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game yard linein football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field indicant, indication something that serves to indicate or suggest 5n a marking that consists of lines that cross each other Syn|Hyper crisscross, cross marking a pattern of marks 6n an indication of damage Syn|Hyper scar, scrape, scratch blemish, defect, mar a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) 7v make or leave a mark on the scouts marked the trail ash marked the believers' foreheads Syn|Hypo|Hyper label, tag attach a tag or label to dot mark with a dot stigmatise, stigmatizemark with a stigma or stigmata raddlemark or paint with raddle striatemark with striae or striations inkmark, coat, cover, or stain with ink dimplemark with, or as if with, dimples spotmark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition crisscrossmark with a pattern of crossing lines asterisk, starmark with an asterisk flagprovide with a flag tipmark with a tip underline, underscoredraw a line or lines underneath to call attention to stripemark with stripes speckproduce specks in or on bespotmark with, or as if with, spots delineate, describe, draw, line, tracemake a mark or lines on a surface post, stakemark with a stake brandburn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals frecklemark with freckles cloud, dapple, mottlecolor with streaks or blotches of different shades constructdraw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions inscribedraw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible circumscribedraw a line around circumscribeto draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect writemark or trace on a surface alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 8v designate as if by a mark This sign marks the border Syn|Hypo|Hyper differentiate, distinguish be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense blaze indicate by marking trees with blazes dimensionindicate the dimensions on signpostmark with a signpost, as of a path distinguish, signalise, signalizemake conspicuous or noteworthy buoymark with a buoy singularise, singularizedistinguish as singular bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal be a signal for or a symptom of 9v put a check mark on or near or next to mark off the units Syn|Hypo|Hyper check, check off, mark off, tick, tick off check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to itbe careful or certain to do something; make certain of something receipt mark or stamp as paid verify confirm the truth of 10v remove from a list Syn|Hyper cross off, cross out, strike off, strike out take away, take out take out or remove 11v assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation mark homework Syn|Hyper grade, score appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of 12v insert punctuation marks into Syn|Hypo|Hyper punctuate quote put quote marks around add make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of 13v attach a tag or label to Syn|Hypo|Hyper label, tag brand, brandmark, trademark mark with a brand or trademark pointmark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes pointmark with diacritics pointmark (Hebrew words) with diacritics calibratemark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units codeattach a code to badgeput a badge on attach cause to be attached 14v mark with a scar Syn|Hypo|Hyper pit, pock, scar nock, score make small marks into the surface of pockmark mark with or as if with pockmarks cicatrise, cicatrizeform a scar, after an injury blemish, deface, disfigure mar or spoil the appearance of 15v make small marks into the surface of Syn|Hypo|Hyper nock, score pit, pock, scar mark with a scar scarify scratch the surface of scotchmake a small cut or score into scribescore a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking linemark with lines relineput new lines on hatchdraw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper crisscrossmark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines notch cut or make a notch into 16v make underscoring marks 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper score cancel, invalidate make invalid for use enter, put down, record make a record of; set down in permanent form 1n a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) Syn|Hypo|Hyper sign token something serving as a sign of something else clew, clue, cue evidence that helps to solve a problem 2n the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember it was in London that he made his mark he left an indelible mark on the American theater Hyper effect, impression an outward appearance 3n a symbol of disgrace or infamy "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis Syn|Hypo|Hyper brand, stain, stigma demerit a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces bar sinister, bend sinistera mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left cloven foot, cloven hoofthe mark of Satan symbol an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance 4v notice or perceive mark my words Syn|Ant|Hypo note, notice ignore fail to notice take notice observe with special attention 5v mark by some ceremony or observation The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade Syn|Hyper commemorate celebrate, keep, observe behave as expected during of holidays or rites 6v be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense Syn|Hypo|Hyper differentiate, distinguish characterise, characterize be characteristic of individuategive individual character to definedetermine the nature of characterise, characterize, qualify describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of 7v establish as the highest level or best performance Syn|Hyper set establish, lay down, make institute, enact, or establish 8v to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful 3Syn|Hyper brand, denounce, stigmatise, stigmatize label assign a label to; designate with a label 1n something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal hit the mark Syn|Hyper bell ringer, bull's eye, home run success an attainment that is successful 2n a reference point to shoot at his arrow hit the mark Syn|Hypo|Hyper target clout a target used in archery droguea funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane point of reference, reference, reference point an indicator that orients you generally 3n a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of 4Syn|Hyper chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker dupe, victim a person who is tricked or swindled n formerly the basic unit of money in Germany Syn|Hyper Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark, German mark German monetary unit monetary unit in Germany Mark (once / 190 pages) n WORD FAMILY Mark USAGE EXAMPLESAnd yes, Mark, this annual dinner column is fake news, but please don’t filter it! New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Mark Campbell was part of a group of Kurdish activists who visited Mr Lock's family. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) In other words, the school is thought of as really good at finding the next Mark Zuckerberg. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1n Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel Syn|Exp Saint Mark, St. Mark Apostelic Father, Apostle any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people Evangelist(when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John sainta person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization 2n the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament Syn|Exp Gospel According to Mark book a major division of a long written composition Gospel, Gospels, evangelthe four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings |
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