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mean
- IPA[miːn]
英式
- intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); 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 or refer to (a particular thing); 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 express (something) when she said that she meant it
- ▪ be of a specified degree of importance to (someone) 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 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 something as a motive or explanation in saying or doing what do you mean by leaving me out here in the cold? 同義詞
- ▪ be generally considered to be this one's meant to be priceless
- 3. have as a consequence or result the proposals are likely to mean another hundred closures heavy rain meant that the pitch was waterlogged 同義詞
- ▪ necessarily or usually entail or involve coal stoves mean a lot of smoke