even

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Evening. archaic,poetic
    — We'll meet at even, when the sun is set.
  2. An even number. diminutive
    — So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.
动词 v.
  1. To make flat and level. transitive
    — We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.
  2. To equal or equate; to make the same. obsolete,transitive
    — The Engliſh Earl [William Longespée the Younger], though he ſtood on the lower ground in point of birth, yet conceived himſelf to even him [Robert I, Count of Artois] in valour and martiall knowledge.
  3. To be equal. intransitive,obsolete
    — Thrice nine evens twenty seven.
  4. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits. obsolete,transitive
    — We need to even the score.
  5. To set right; to complete. obsolete,transitive
  6. To act up to; to keep pace with. obsolete,transitive
    — Prithee away, There's more to be considered: but we'll even All that good time will give us.
形容词 adj.
  1. Flat and level.
    — Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
  2. Without great variation.
    — Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.
  3. Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
    — The distribution of food must be even.
  4. Of an integer, divisible by two. not-comparable
    — Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.
  5. Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero. informal
    — Coles. How many shares have you bought, Mr. Garfinkle? Garfinkle. One hundred and ninety-six thousand.[…] Jorgenson. […] How'd you figure out to buy such an odd amount? Why not two hundred thousand — nice even number. Thought you liked nice even numbers.
  6. On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
  7. On equal terms of a moral sort; quits. colloquial
    — You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we're even.
  8. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
    — And shall lay thee even with the ground.
  9. Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. obsolete
    — I know my life so even.
  10. Associate; fellow; of the same condition. obsolete
    — His even servant.
副词 adv.
  1. Exactly; just; fully. archaic,not-comparable
    — I fulfilled my instructions even as I had promised.
  2. In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned). not-comparable
    — Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
  3. Used to emphasise a comparative. not-comparable
    — I was strong before, but now I am even stronger.
  4. Used to indicate a further degree of comparison. not-comparable
    — Bob is taller than Alice, but Cameron is even taller than Bob.
  5. Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance). not-comparable
    — My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even.

词形变化

evener comparative more even comparative evenest superlative most even superlative eben alternative e'en alternative evens present,singular,third-person evening participle,present evened participle,past evened past eben alternative e'en alternative eben alternative e'en alternative evens plural eben alternative e'en alternative evens plural eben alternative e'en alternative

词汇关系

近义词
level uniform monotone on par quits square match precisely
反义词
uneven odd
衍生词
all even break even break-even point call it even doubly even draw even even chance even-Christian even-down evendown even-even even function even hand at the tiller evenhanded even hand on the tiller evenhood even-interval evenish even keel even-keeled evenlike evenly even-minded even money evenness even number even-numbered even-odd even odds even permutation even-pinnate even-steven even-stevens even-tempered even-toed even-weave even working get even getting even noneven odd-even of even date singly even threeven uneven even out even the score even up can't even don't even think about it even a blind pig can find an acorn even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while even as even as we speak even a worm will turn even Homer nods even if even if one's life depended on it even Jove nods even more even so even still even then even though get even or get even worse I hardly even know her it is not even funny it isn't even funny it's not even funny not even not even once not even one not even wrong the ink was not even dry what is this I don't even

词源

词源 1
From Middle English even, from Old English efn (“flat; level, even, equal”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)em-no- (“equal, straight; flat, level, even”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian íeuwen (“even, flat”), West Frisian even (“even”), Alemannic German ëben (“even”), Cimbrian ébane (“even”), Dutch even (“even, equal, same”), effen (“leveled”), German eben (“even, flat, level”), Danish jævn (“even, flat, smooth”), Icelandic jafn (“even”), Norwegian Bokmål jevn (“even, smooth”), Norwegian Nynorsk jamn (“even, smooth”), Swedish jämn (“even, level, smooth”), Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 (ibns, “even”), Old Cornish eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Vocabularium Cornicum eun-hinsic (“iustus, i. e., just”)), Old Breton eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Eutychius Glossary eunt (“aequus, i. e., equal”)), Middle Breton effn, Breton eeun, Sanskrit अम्नस् (amnás, “(adverb) just, just now; at once”).
The verb descends from Middle English evenen, from Old English efnan; the adverb from Middle English evene, from Old English efne.
The traditional proposal connecting the Germanic adjective with the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (Latin imāgō (“picture, image, likeness, copy”), Latin aemulus (“competitor, rival”), Sanskrit यम (yamá, “pair, twin”)) is problematic from a phonological point of view.
For the meaning development compare with Latin aequus (“equal, level, even, flat, horizontal”), Russian ро́вный (róvnyj, “even, level, flat, smooth”), ра́вный (rávnyj, “equal”), по́ровну (pórovnu, “in equal parts”).
词源 2
From Middle English even, from Old English ǣfen, from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs (“evening”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Äivend, Äiwend, Eeuwend (“evening”), West Frisian jûn (“evening”), Dutch avond (“evening”), Low German Avend (“evening”), German Abend (“evening”), Danish aften (“evening”). See also the related terms eve and evening.
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