amount

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 ə.mount'

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
    — The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
  2. A quantity or volume.
    — Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
  3. The number (the sum) of elements in a set. nonstandard,proscribed,sometimes
    — The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000.
动词 v.
  1. To total or evaluate. intransitive,with-to
    — The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.
  2. To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of. intransitive,with-to
    — He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
  3. To go up; to ascend. intransitive,obsolete
    — So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.

词形变化

amounts plural amounts present,singular,third-person amounting participle,present amounted participle,past amounted past

词汇关系

下位词
batch bolus notional amount principal amount serving
衍生词
amount of substance paramount
相关词
extent magnitude measurement number quantity size

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Latin ad
Old French a
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *món-tis
Proto-Italic *monts
Latin mōns
Old French mont
Old French amont
Old French amonterbor.
Middle English amounten
English amount
From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Latin ad
Old French a
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *món-tis
Proto-Italic *monts
Latin mōns
Old French mont
Old French amont
Old French amonterbor.
Middle English amounten
English amount
From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).
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