common

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒm.ən/    美 /ˈkɑ.mən/|/ˈkɑ.mɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
  2. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
    — The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
  3. The people; the community.
    — the weal o' the common
  4. The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
动词 v.
  1. To communicate (something). obsolete
    — Then entred Satan into Judas, whose syr name was iscariot (which was of the nombre off the twelve) and he went his waye, and commened with the hye prestes and officers, how he wolde betraye hym vnto them.
  2. To converse, talk. obsolete
    — So long as Guyon with her commoned, / Vnto the ground she cast her modest eye […]
  3. To have sex. obsolete
  4. To participate. obsolete
  5. To have a joint right with others in common ground. obsolete
  6. To board together; to eat at a table in common. obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Mutual; shared by more than one.
    — The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
  2. Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
    — common knowledge, common decency, common sense
  3. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
    — It is common to find sharks off this coast.
    Thus it is said in the common usage.
  4. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
    — "Commoner" used to be commoner, but "more common" is now more common.
  5. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
    — the common folk
  6. As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
    — the common daisy (Bellis perennis)
  7. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
    — common name vs. scientific name.
  8. Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
    — common law
  9. Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
  10. Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
  11. Profane; polluted. obsolete
    — What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
  12. Given to lewd habits; prostitute. obsolete
    — a Dame who her self was as Common as the King's High Way

词形变化

commoner common,comparative most common superlative commonest superlative commons plural commons present,singular,third-person commoning participle,present commoned participle,past commoned past

词汇关系

近义词
average basic bog-standard common common as bums common as dirt common as muck common as pig tracks dime a dozen everyday frequent general habitual nonrare par for the course pedestrian plain quotidian regular routinary routine ten a penny two a penny usual workaday
反义词
abnormal atypical exceptional exotic uncommon endangered extraordinary rare strange unconventional unique unusual
上位词
repeated
下位词
supercommon boring hackneyed seasonal
相关词
frequency mediocre normal

词源

词源 1
From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gamainī (“common”) in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ȝemǣne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, mǣne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina and mean.
词源 2
From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gamainī (“common”) in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ȝemǣne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, mǣne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina and mean.
词源 3
From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gamainī (“common”) in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ȝemǣne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, mǣne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina and mean.
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