em

名词 n. 感叹词 intj. 代词 pron.
中文释义
发音 ĕm

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The name of the Latin script letter M/m.
    — It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."
  2. The name of the letter м/М in Cyrillic alphabets.
  3. A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
    — Insert here a one-em dash or long dash.
  4. A relative unit of sizing defined in terms of the font size.
感叹词 intj.
  1. a form of hesitant speech, or an expression of uncertainty Ireland,Scotland
    — She was abused by, em... David, I think. That was his name, he's a real em... what's the word, narcissist. You should really stay away from him.
代词 pron.
  1. Alternative form of 'em. alt-of,alternative
  2. A gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, the objective case of ey or e, equivalent to the singular them and coordinate with him and her. gender-neutral,nonstandard,objective,rare,singular
    — If the author uses such notation, it should be up to Em to indicate Eir intentions clearly, but there’s no harm checking first.

词形变化

ems plural emself reflexive eir adjective,possessive eirs possessive,pronoun,without-noun ems plural

词汇关系

衍生词
3-em space 3-to-the-em space 5-em space 5-to-the-em space emcee em dash em quad em rule em space oh em gee rem

词源

词源 1
Attested since 1808. In typography, the em is named after the em quadrat (later called em quad), from m quadrat, a metal type used in letterpress typesetting, which is as wide as the point size of the font.
词源 2
See 'em.
词源 3
Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing the "th" from them, perhaps influenced by the pre-existing em/'em, now often perceived as apheretic forms of them (though originally unrelated).
词源 4
Onomatopoeic. Compare um.
词源 5
From Russian эм (em), Ukrainian ем (em), etc.
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