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meek 音標拼音: [m'ik] a. 溫順的,謙恭的 溫順的,謙恭的 meek adj 1: humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; " meek and self- effacing" [ synonym: { meek}, { mild}, { modest}] 2: very docile; " tame obedience"; " meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes [ synonym: { meek}, { tame}] 3: evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; " compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others"; " a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott; " she looked meek but had the heart of a lion"; " was submissive and subservient" [ synonym: { meek}, { spiritless}] Meek \ Meek\ ( m[= e] k), a. [ Compar. { Meeker} ( m[= e] k"[~ e] r); superl. { Meekest}.] [ OE. mek, meoc; akin to Icel. mj[= u] kr mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg, D. muik, Goth. mukam[= o] dei gentleness.] 1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive. [ 1913 Webster] Now the man Moses was very meek. -- Num. xii. 3. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face. " Her meek prayer." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming; humble. See { Gentle}. [ 1913 Webster] Meek
Meek \ Meek\, Meeken \ Meek" en\ (-' n), v. t. To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 68 Moby Thesaurus words for " meek": abject, accommodating, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, amenable, bland, broken, chastened, compliant, deferential, docile, domesticated, dovelike, forbearing, gentle, housebroken, humble, humble- minded, humble- spirited, humblehearted, lamblike, lenient, long- suffering, lowly, manageable, meek- minded, meek- spirited, meekhearted, mild, modest, obedient, pacific, passive, patient, peaceable, poor in spirit, quiet, reconciled, repressed, resigned, retiring, shy, spiritless, subdued, submissive, suppressed, tame, tamed, timid, tolerant, tractable, unambitious, unaspiring, unassuming, unboastful, uncomplaining, unimposing, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpresuming, unpresumptuous, unpretending, unpretentious, unresisting, weak, yielding |
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