| 单词 |
mean |
| 例句 |
mean verb | adjective | noun
1 verb 1.•flashing lights mean the road is blocked:signify, convey, denote, designate, indicate, connote, show, express, spell out | stand for, represent, symbolize | imply, suggest, intimate, hint at, insinuate, drive at, refer to, allude to, point to | literary betoken. 2.•she didn't mean to break it:intend, aim, plan, design, have in mind, contemplate, purpose, propose, set out, aspire, desire, want, wish, expect. 3.•he was hit by a bullet meant for a soldier:intend, design | destine, predestine. 4.•the closures will mean a rise in unemployment:entail, involve, necessitate, lead to, result in, give rise to, bring about, cause, engender, produce. 5.•this means a lot to me:matter, be important, be significant. 6.•a red sky in the morning usually means rain:presage, portend, foretell, augur, promise, foreshadow, herald, signal, bode | literary betoken.CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See intend .These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.
2 adjective 1.•a mean trick:unkind, nasty, unpleasant, spiteful, malicious, unfair, cruel, shabby, foul, despicable, contemptible, obnoxious, vile, odious, loathsome, base, low | informal horrible, horrid, hateful, rotten, lowdown | beastly. ANT kind. 2.•he's too mean to leave a tip:miserly, niggardly, close-fisted, parsimonious, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, Scroogelike | informal tightfisted, stingy, tight, mingy, money-grubbing, cheap | formal penurious. ANT generous, munificent. 3.•the truth was obvious to even the meanest intelligence:inferior, poor, limited, restricted. 4.•their mean origins:lowly, humble, ordinary, low, low-born, modest, common, base, proletarian, plebeian, obscure, ignoble, undistinguished | archaic baseborn. ANT noble. 5.informal •he's a mean cook. See excellent.
3 noun •a mean between frugality and miserliness:middle course, middle way, midpoint, happy medium, golden mean, compromise, balance | median, norm, average.▶adjective •the mean temperature:average, median, middle, medial, medium, normal, standard. |
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