mean
- IPA[mēn]
美式
- intend to convey, indicate, or refer to (a particular thing or notion); signify；(of a word) have (something) as its signification in the same language or its equivalent in another language
verb: mean, 3rd person present: means, gerund or present participle: meaning, past tense: meant, past participle: meant
- 釋義
- 片語
動詞
- 1. intend to convey, indicate, or refer to (a particular thing or notion); signify I don't know what you mean he was asked to clarify what his remarks meant 同義詞
- ▪ (of a word) have (something) as its signification in the same language or its equivalent in another language its name means “painted rock” in Cherokee
- ▪ genuinely intend to convey or express (something) when she said that before, she meant it
- ▪ be of some specified importance to (someone), especially as a source of benefit or object of affection animals have always meant more to him than people
- 2. intend (something) to occur or be the case they mean no harm it was meant to be a secret 同義詞
- ▪ be supposed or intended to do something we were meant to go over yesterday
- ▪ design or destine for a particular purpose the jacket was meant for a much larger person 同義詞
- ▪ have as a motive or excuse in explanation what do you mean by leaving me out here in the cold? 同義詞
- 3. have as a consequence or result the proposals are likely to mean another hundred closures heavy rain meant that the ground was waterlogged 同義詞
- ▪ necessarily or usually entail or involve coal stoves mean a lot of smoke
