mete
英[mi?t]
美[mit]
- vt. 給予；分配；測(cè)量
- n. 邊界；測(cè)量
- n. (Mete)人名；(意、土、乍、中非)梅特
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?metes;過(guò)去式:?meted;過(guò)去分詞:?meted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?meting;
中文詞源
mete 分配，測(cè)量，給予懲罰
來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)metan,測(cè)量，分配，估計(jì)，來(lái)自PIE*med,測(cè)量，詞源同measure,medical.引申詞義合理的懲罰，給予懲罰。
英文詞源
- mete
- mete: see meet
- mete (v.)
- "to allot," Old English metan "to measure, mete out; compare, estimate" (class V strong verb; past tense m?t, past participle meten), from Proto-Germanic *metan (cognates: Old Saxon metan, Old Frisian, Old Norse meta, Dutch meten, Old High German mezzan, German messen, Gothic mitan "to measure"), from PIE *med- "to take appropriate measures" (see medical). Used now only with out. Related: Meted; meting.
- mete (n.)
- "boundary," now only in phrase metes and bounds, late 15c., from Old French mete "limit, bounds, frontier," from Latin meta "goal, boundary, post, pillar."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Schools should not mete out physical punishment to children.
- 學(xué)校不應(yīng)該體罰學(xué)生.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. Duly mete out rewards and punishments.
- 有賞有罰.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. You did not know the measure you were going to mete me.
- 因?yàn)槟恢滥檬裁戳科髁拷o我.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. He saddled Mutz, promising to mete out cruel punishment to the thief.
- 他跨上馬,保證要狠狠地治那個(gè)賊子.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. I will estimate the size of the garden at 1000 square mete.
- 我估計(jì)這個(gè)花園的面積有1千平方米.
來(lái)自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 口語(yǔ)