mean
- IPA[miːn]
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- 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
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- 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
- an action or system by which a result is brought about; a method: resolving disputes by peaceful means these pledges are a means to avoid prosecution
Oxford American Dictionary
- what is meant by a word, text, concept, or action: the meaning of the Hindu word is ‘breakthrough, release’ the meaning of life
- intended to communicate something that is not directly expressed: she gave Gabriel a meaning look
Oxford Dictionary
- what is meant by a word, text, concept, or action: the meaning of the word “supermarket” it was as if time had lost all meaning
- intended to communicate something that is not directly expressed: she gave Gabriel a meaning look
Oxford American Dictionary
- an action or system by which a result is achieved; a method: technology seen as a means to bring about emancipation resolving disputes by peaceful means
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[mēn]
美式
- 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
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[miːn]
英式
- unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous: she felt mean not giving a tip they're not mean with the garlic
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[mēn]
美式
- unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous: she felt mean not giving a tip they're not mean with the garlic
Oxford American Dictionary
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- the value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average: acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples
- (of a quantity) calculated as a mean; average: by 1989, the mean age at marriage stood at 24.8 for women and 26.9 for men
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[miːn]
英式
- the value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average: acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples
- (of a quantity) calculated as a mean; average: participants in the study had a mean age of 35 years
Oxford Dictionary
