mean 音標拼音: [m'in]
v . 意思是,意味著,有重大意義;預定,打算,準備,意欲
a . 中間的,中庸的,平均的
意思是,意味著,有重大意義;預定,打算,准備,意欲中間的,中庸的,平均的
mean 平均值;意義;平均
M mean 平均
mean adj 1 :
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value ; "
the average income in New England is below that of the nation "; "
of average height for his age "; "
the mean annual rainfall " [
synonym : {
average }, {
mean (
a )}]
2 :
characterized by malice ; "
a hateful thing to do "; "
in a mean mood " [
synonym : {
hateful }, {
mean }]
3 :
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality ; "
that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble "-
Edmund Burke ; "
taking a mean advantage "; "
chok '
d with ambition of the meaner sort "-
Shakespeare ; "
something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics " [
synonym :
{
base }, {
mean }, {
meanspirited }]
4 :
excellent ; "
famous for a mean backhand "
5 :
marked by poverty befitting a beggar ; "
a beggarly existence in the slums "; "
a mean hut " [
synonym : {
beggarly }, {
mean }]
6 : (
used of persons or behavior )
characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity ; "
a mean person "; "
he left a miserly tip " [
synonym : {
mean }, {
mingy }, {
miserly }, {
tight }]
7 : (
used of sums of money )
so small in amount as to deserve contempt [
synonym : {
beggarly }, {
mean }]
8 :
of no value or worth ; "
I was caught in the bastardly traffic "
[
synonym : {
bastardly }, {
mean }]
n 1 :
an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n [
synonym :
{
mean }, {
mean value }]
v 1 :
mean or intend to express or convey ; "
You never understand what I mean !"; "
what do his words intend ?" [
synonym : {
mean },
{
intend }]
2 :
have as a logical consequence ; "
The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers " [
synonym : {
entail }, {
imply },
{
mean }]
3 :
denote or connote ; "`
maison '
means `
house '
in French "; "
An example sentence would show what this word means " [
synonym :
{
mean }, {
intend }, {
signify }, {
stand for }]
4 :
have in mind as a purpose ; "
I mean no harm "; "
I only meant to help you "; "
She didn '
t think to harm me "; "
We thought to return early that night " [
synonym : {
intend }, {
mean }, {
think }]
5 :
have a specified degree of importance ; "
My ex -
husband means nothing to me "; "
Happiness means everything "
6 :
intend to refer to ; "
I '
m thinking of good food when I talk about France "; "
Yes ,
I meant you when I complained about people who gossip !" [
synonym : {
think of }, {
have in mind }, {
mean }]
7 :
destine or designate for a certain purpose ; "
These flowers were meant for you "
Mean \
Mean \,
v .
i .
To have a purpose or intention . [
Rare ,
except in the phrase to mean well ,
or ill .] --
Shak .
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Mean \
Mean \ (
m [=
e ]
n ),
a . [
Compar . {
Meaner } (
m [=
e ]
n "[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Meanest }.] [
OE .
mene ,
AS .
m [=
ae ]
ne wicked ;
akin to m [=
a ]
n ,
a .,
wicked ,
n .,
wickedness ,
OS .
m [=
e ]
n wickedness ,
OHG .
mein ,
G .
meineid perjury ,
Icel .
mein harm ,
hurt ,
and perh .
to AS .
gem [=
ae ]
ne common ,
general ,
D .
gemeen ,
G .
gemein ,
Goth .
gam ['
a ]
ins ,
and L .
communis .
The AS .
gem [=
ae ]
ne prob .
influenced the meaning .]
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1 .
Destitute of distinction or eminence ;
common ;
low ;
vulgar ;
humble . "
Of mean parentage ." --
Sir P .
Sidney .
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The mean man boweth down ,
and the great man humbleth himself . --
Is .
ii .
9 .
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2 .
Wanting dignity of mind ;
low -
minded ;
base ;
destitute of honor ;
spiritless ;
as ,
a mean motive .
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Can you imagine I so mean could prove ,
To save my life by changing of my love ? --
Dryden .
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3 .
Of little value or account ;
worthy of little or no regard ;
contemptible ;
despicable .
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The Roman legions and great Caesar found Our fathers no mean foes . --
J .
Philips .
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4 .
Of poor quality ;
as ,
mean fare .
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5 .
Penurious ;
stingy ;
close -
fisted ;
illiberal ;
as ,
mean hospitality .
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Note :
Mean is sometimes used in the formation of compounds ,
the sense of which is obvious without explanation ;
as ,
meanborn ,
mean -
looking ,
etc .
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Syn :
Base ;
ignoble ;
abject ;
beggarly ;
wretched ;
degraded ;
degenerate ;
vulgar ;
vile ;
servile ;
menial ;
spiritless ;
groveling ;
slavish ;
dishonorable ;
disgraceful ;
shameful ;
despicable ;
contemptible ;
paltry ;
sordid .
See {
Base }.
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Mean \
Mean \ (
m [=
e ]
n ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Meant } (
m [
e ^]
nt );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Meaning }.] [
OE .
menen ,
AS .
m [=
ae ]
nan to recite ,
tell ,
intend ,
wish ;
akin to OS .
m [=
e ]
nian to have in mind ,
mean ,
D .
meenen ,
G .
meinen ,
OHG .
meinan ,
Icel .
meina ,
Sw .
mena ,
Dan .
mene ,
and to E .
mind . [
root ]
104 .
See {
Mind },
and cf . {
Moan }.]
1 .
To have in the mind ,
as a purpose ,
intention ,
etc .;
to intend ;
to purpose ;
to design ;
as ,
what do you mean to do ?
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What mean ye by this service ? --
Ex .
xii .
26 .
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Ye thought evil against me ;
but God meant it unto good . --
Gen .
1 .
20 .
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I am not a Spaniard To say that it is yours and not to mean it .
--
Longfellow .
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2 .
To signify ;
to indicate ;
to import ;
to denote .
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What mean these seven ewe lambs ? --
Gen .
xxi .
29 .
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Go ye ,
and learn what that meaneth . --
Matt .
ix .
13 .
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Mean \
Mean \,
n .
1 .
That which is mean ,
or intermediate ,
between two extremes of place ,
time ,
or number ;
the middle point or place ;
middle rate or degree ;
mediocrity ;
medium ;
absence of extremes or excess ;
moderation ;
measure .
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But to speak in a mean ,
the virtue of prosperity is temperance ;
the virtue of adversity is fortitude .
--
Bacon .
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There is a mean in all things . --
Dryden .
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The extremes we have mentioned ,
between which the wellinstracted Christian holds the mean ,
are correlatives . --
I .
Taylor .
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2 . (
Math .)
A quantity having an intermediate value between several others ,
from which it is derived ,
and of which it expresses the resultant value ;
usually ,
unless otherwise specified ,
it is the simple average ,
formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number ,
which is called an {
arithmetical mean }.
A {
geometrical mean }
is the nth root of the product of the n quantities being averaged .
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3 .
That through which ,
or by the help of which ,
an end is attained ;
something tending to an object desired ;
intermediate agency or measure ;
necessary condition or coagent ;
instrument .
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Their virtuous conversation was a mean to work the conversion of the heathen to Christ . --
Hooker .
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You may be able ,
by this mean ,
to review your own scientific acquirements . --
Coleridge .
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Philosophical doubt is not an end ,
but a mean . --
Sir W .
Hamilton .
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Note :
In this sense the word is usually employed in the plural form means ,
and often with a singular attribute or predicate ,
as if a singular noun .
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By this means he had them more at vantage .
--
Bacon .
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What other means is left unto us . --
Shak .
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4 .
pl .
Hence :
Resources ;
property ,
revenue ,
or the like ,
considered as the condition of easy livelihood ,
or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose ;
disposable force or substance .
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Your means are very slender ,
and your waste is great . --
Shak .
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5 . (
Mus .)
A part ,
whether alto or tenor ,
intermediate between the soprano and base ;
a middle part . [
Obs .]
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The mean is drowned with your unruly base . --
Shak .
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6 .
Meantime ;
meanwhile . [
Obs .] --
Spenser .
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7 .
A mediator ;
a go -
between . [
Obs .] --
Piers Plowman .
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He wooeth her by means and by brokage . --
Chaucer .
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{
By all means },
certainly ;
without fail ;
as ,
go ,
by all means .
{
By any means },
in any way ;
possibly ;
at all .
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If by any means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead . --
Phil .
iii .
ll .
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{
By no means },
or {
By no manner of means },
not at all ;
certainly not ;
not in any degree .
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The wine on this side of the lake is by no means so good as that on the other . --
Addison .
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Mean \
Mean \,
a . [
OE .
mene ,
OF .
meiien ,
F .
moyen ,
fr .
L .
medianus that is in the middle ,
fr .
medius ;
akin to E .
mid .
See {
Mid }.]
1 .
Occupying a middle position ;
middle ;
being about midway between extremes .
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Being of middle age and a mean stature . --
Sir .
P .
Sidney .
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2 .
Intermediate in excellence of any kind .
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According to the fittest style of lofty ,
mean ,
or lowly . --
Milton .
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3 . (
Math .)
Average ;
having an intermediate value between two extremes ,
or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation ;
as ,
mean distance ;
mean motion ;
mean solar day .
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{
Mean distance } (
of a planet from the sun ) (
Astron .),
the average of the distances throughout one revolution of the planet ,
equivalent to the semi -
major axis of the orbit .
{
Mean error } (
Math .
Phys .),
the average error of a number of observations found by taking the mean value of the positive and negative errors without regard to sign .
{
Mean -
square error },
or {
Error of the mean square } (
Math .
Phys .),
the error the square of which is the mean of the squares of all the errors ; --
called also , {
mean square deviation }, {
mean error }.
{
Mean line }. (
Crystallog .)
Same as {
Bisectrix }.
{
Mean noon },
noon as determined by mean time .
{
Mean proportional } (
between two numbers ) (
Math .),
the square root of their product .
{
Mean sun },
a fictitious sun supposed to move uniformly in the equator so as to be on the meridian each day at mean noon .
{
Mean time },
time as measured by an equable motion ,
as of a perfect clock ,
or as reckoned on the supposition that all the days of the year are of a mean or uniform length ,
in contradistinction from apparent time ,
or that actually indicated by the sun ,
and from sidereal time ,
or that measured by the stars .
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693 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mean ":
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Lenten ,
Mickey Mouse ,
OK ,
Spartan ,
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dory ,
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the -
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zone
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