mean

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /miːn/    美 /miːn/|/min/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A method or course of action used to achieve some result. also
    — To say truth, it is a meane full of uncertainty and danger.
  2. An intermediate step or intermediate steps. obsolete,singular
    — Verily in this treatise this hath been mine only purpose; and the mean to bring the same to effect hath been such as whereby I studied to profit wholesomely, not to please delicately.
  3. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
    — Then will not this constitution be a kind of mean between aristocracy and oligarchy?
  4. The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument. historical
    — Of these [rattles] they have Base, Tenor, Countertenor, Meane, and Treble.
  5. Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
    — Note that (1.41) is simply the probability-weighted mean without any explicit allowance for the stratification; each observation is weighted by its inflation factor and the total divided by the total of the inflation factors for the survey.
  6. Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.; The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms.
    — While the average age of the rioter was 27.8 years, the mean age of the nonrioter was 38.1.
  7. Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
    — ...if four numbers be in proportion, the product of the first and last, or of the two extremes, is equal to the product of the second and third, or of the two means.
动词 v.
  1. To intend.; To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. transitive
    — I didn't mean to knock your tooth out.
  2. To intend.; To have as intentions of a given kind. intransitive
    — Don't be angry; she meant well.
  3. To intend.; To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine. passive,regional,transitive
    — Actually this desk was meant for the subeditor.
  4. To intend.; To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation. transitive
    — Your reasoning seems needlessly abstruse, complex, and verbose for me. I mean, could you dumb it down for my sake?
  5. To convey (a meaning).; To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea). transitive
    — The sky is red this morning—does that mean we're in for a storm?
  6. To convey (a meaning).; Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify. transitive
    — What does this hieroglyph mean?
  7. To convey (a meaning).; Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude. transitive
    — I’m afraid I don’t understand what you mean.
  8. To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says). transitive
    — Does she really mean what she said to him last night?
  9. To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result). transitive
    — One faltering step means certain death.
  10. To be of some level of importance. usually
    — That little dog meant everything to me.
  11. To lament. Ireland,UK,regional
    — All the tyme of his sickness he never said, “Alace!” or meaned any pain, whilk was marvellous. Never man died in greater peace of mind or body.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having the mean as its value; average. not-comparable
    — The mean family has 2.4 children.
  2. Common; general. obsolete
  3. Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable. not-comparable,obsolete
    — I have declared in the causes what harm costiveness hath done in procuring this disease; if it be so noxious, the opposite must needs be good, or mean at least, as indeed it is […].
    The New Arcadia
  4. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble. archaic
    — a man of mean parentage
  5. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
    — a mean appearance
  6. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
    — a mean motive
  7. Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
    — The Roman legions and great Caesar found / Our fathers no mean foes.
  8. Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted. UK
    — He's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children.
  9. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.
  10. Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
    — Watch out for her: she's mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose.
  11. Powerful; fierce; strong.
    — It must have been a mean typhoon that levelled this town.
  12. Hearty; spicy. colloquial
    — We were sitting in Poetta’s candlelit kitchen waiting for some of her gut-burning chili to get done. Everybody that knows Poetta knows that she makes a mean chili that if you eat it by lunchtime, it can clean out your entire system by the end of the day.
  13. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with. colloquial
    — Your mother can roll a mean cigarette.
  14. Difficult, tricky. childish,informal,often
    — This problem is mean!

词形变化

means present,singular,third-person meaning participle,present meant participle,past meant past meaner comparative meanest superlative myn alternative means plural myn alternative

词汇关系

近义词
inconsiderate insensitive halfhearted mean mean-spirited merciless petty pitiless poor-spirited ruthless thoughtless tight surly uncaring unfriendly ungrateful unkind unkindly unthinking
反义词
compassionate kindly nice
上位词
measure of central tendency measure of location sample statistic
下位词
cruel despicable malevolent malicious unjust
衍生词
and I don't mean maybe how do you mean if you know what I mean if you see what I mean I mean like one means it meanable mean business mean everything to mean the whole world to mean the world to mean to mean to say mean well mismean nah mean no means no sore boob means more boob this means war treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen unmean well-meaning whaddayamean what does … mean what do you mean y'all means all you know what I mean meanless bemean demean lean and mean mean as a snake meandom meanfem mean girl meanie meanish mean machine mean-mouth mean-mug meanness mean people suck mean-spirited meanspo mean streak mean streets mean white mean world syndrome meany no mean feat semimean absolute mean arithmetic-geometric mean arithmetic mean Cesàro mean Chisini mean contraharmonic mean generalised f-mean generalized f-mean geomean geometric mean golden mean grand mean harmonic mean Heronian mean Hölder mean logarithmic mean means population mean power mean quadratic mean quasi-arithmetic mean regression to the mean regression toward the mean root mean square sample mean weighted mean
相关词
grim harsh humorless stern median mediate mediation mediator mediocre mediocrity medium spread range
并列词
median mode

词源

词源 1
From Middle English menen (“to intend; remember; lament; comfort”), from Old English mǣnan (“to mean, complain”), Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (“to mean, think; complain”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyn- (“to think”), or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meyno-, extended form of Proto-Indo-European *mey-.
Germanic cognates include West Frisian miene (“to deem, think”) (Old Frisian mēna (“to signify”)), Dutch menen (“to believe, think, mean”) (Middle Dutch menen (“to think, intend”)), German meinen (“to think, mean, believe”), Old Saxon mēnian. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish mían (“wish, desire”) and Polish mienić (“to signify, believe”). Non-Indo-European cognates include Finnish mainita (“to mention”), Finnish meinata (“to mean, to plan, to intend”) Estonian mainima (“to mention”), Northern Sami máinnastit (“to tell”). Related to moan.
词源 2
From Middle English mene, imene, from Old English mǣne, ġemǣne (“common, public, general, universal”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change, exchange, share”). Doublet of common.
Cognate with West Frisian mien (“general, universal”), Dutch gemeen (“common, mean”), German gemein (“common, mean, nasty”), Danish gemen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains, “common, unclean”), Latin commūnis (“shared, common, general”) (Old Latin comoinem). For a similar change in definition, see vulgar.
词源 3
From Middle English meene, borrowed from Old French meien (French moyen), Late Latin mediānus (“that is in the middle, middle”), from Latin medius (“middle”). Cognate with mid. For the musical sense, compare the cognate Italian mezzano. Doublet of median and mizzen.
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