| 释义 |
mere
I. \ˈmi(ə)r, -iə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English — more at marine
1. obsolete
a. : sea
b. : an arm of the sea : creek, inlet
2. : a sheet of standing water : lake, pool
< had seen several boats on an inland mere — Yale Review >
3. : fen, marsh
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mǣre, gemǣre — more at munition
archaic : boundary : a mark or line defining a boundary : landmark, limit
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
archaic : to mark the boundaries of
intransitive verb
obsolete : to abut on
IV. adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin merus pure, bare — more at morn
1.
a. : done or invoked without assistance or support — used chiefly in legal contexts in the phrases mere motion, mere will
b. law : having theoretical or legal but not practical reality
< mere right >
2. obsolete : fully realized or developed : absolute, total, undiminished
3. : exclusive of or considered apart from anything else : bare
< if he does not want us to accept his theory of the good on his mere authority, he needs to give us some rational ground for it — M.R.Cohen >
< something above mere politics — D.W.Brogan >
4. : having no admixture : pure, undiluted
< mere genius — Stanislaus Joyce >
V. \ˈmerē\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Maori
1. Australia : a Maori war club
2. Australia : a miniature Maori war club fashioned of greenstone and worn as an ornament
VI. \ˈmi(ə)r, -iə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: -mere
zoology : segment, metamere |