content

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
/ˈkɒn.tɛnt/|/ˈkɔn.tɛnt/    /ˈkɑn.tɛnt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure. uncountable
    — They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
  2. That which is contained. uncountable
  3. Acquiescence without examination. obsolete,uncountable
    — The sense they humbly take upon content.
  4. Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc. countable,uncountable
    — Although eloquently delivered, the content of the speech was objectionable.
  5. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy. uncountable
    — So will I in England work your grace's full content.
  6. Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.; One or more creative works. broadly,uncountable
    — Some online video creators upload new content every day.
  7. An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote. UK,uncountable
  8. Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.; One or more creative works.; The potential of creative work for a content creator. Internet,broadly,colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — He moved to California for the content.
  9. A member who votes in assent. UK,metonymically,uncountable
  10. The amount of material contained. countable,uncountable
    — Light beer has a lower alcohol content than regular beer.
  11. Capacity for containing. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Strong ships, of great content.
  12. The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions. countable,uncountable
  13. The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy. transitive
    — You can't have any more. You'll have to content yourself with what you already have.
  2. To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite. obsolete,transitive
    — Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you.
形容词 adj.
  1. Contained. obsolete
  2. Satisfied, pleased, contented.
    — This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Alright, agreed. archaic

词形变化

more content comparative contenter comparative most content superlative contentest superlative contents present,singular,third-person contenting participle,present contented participle,past contented past more content comparative most content superlative contents plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
词源 2
From Middle English content (plural contentes, contence), from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre (“to hold in, contain”), as Etymology 1, above. English apparently developed a substantive form of the adjective, which is not mirrored in Romance languages.
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