meek
英[mi?k]
美[mik]
- adj. 溫順的；謙恭的；馴服的
- n. (Meek)人名；(英)米克
詞態變化
比較級:?meeker;最高級:?meekest;副詞:?meekly;名詞:?meekness;
助記提示
1. 根據首輔音決定詞類含義的原理以及 meek 和 mild 的詞源信息猜測，這兩個單詞很可能具有同源性或者親緣關系，它們都來源于古北歐語或者古日耳曼語；它們都很可能與詞根 medi- / mid- 具有同源性或者親緣關系，表示一種不偏不倚、不走極端的中庸路線或狀態。
2. 諧音“秘客”-------做秘書的人，簡稱“秘人、秘客”------秘書顯然都是很溫順的嘛。
3. 諧音“秘可”-----秘書可人兒啦。
中文詞源
meek 溫順的，謙恭的
來自Proto-Germanic*meukaz,柔軟的，謙遜的，來自PIE*meug,滑的，黏的，詞源同mucus,muggy.后引申詞義溫順的，謙恭的等，通常用以形容女人有禮貌。
英文詞源
- meek
- meek: see muck
- meek (adj.)
- c. 1200, "gentle, quiet, unaggressive; benevolent, kind; courteous, humble, unassuming;" of a woman, "modest," from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse mjukr "soft, pliant, gentle," from Proto-Germanic *meukaz (cognates: Gothic muka-modei "humility," Dutch muik "soft"), of uncertain origin, perhaps from PIE *meug- "slippery, slimy." In the Bible, it translates Latin mansuetus from Vulgate (see mansuetude). Sense of "submissive" is from mid-14c.
- meek (n.)
- "those who are meek," c. 1200, from meek (adj.).
雙語例句
- 1. She maintained a kind of meek-ness.
- 她保持著一種溫順的態度。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The meek shall inherit the earth.
- 謙卑的人必承受地土。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They called her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild .
- 他們稱她為“鼠小姐”，因為她總是那么懦弱謙和。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.
- 他期望女兒都溫順聽話。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.
- 他期望妻子溫順而且聽他擺布.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》