meaning

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmiː.nɪŋ/    美 /ˈmi.nɪŋ/|/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/|[ˈmɪi.nɪŋ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol. countable,uncountable
    — Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
  2. The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol. countable,uncountable
  3. The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence. countable,uncountable
    — the meaning of life
  4. Intention. countable,uncountable
    — It was their meaning to take what they needed by strong hand.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of mean form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — Chinghung, meaning “City of the Dawn” in the Tai language, the capital of the Hsishuangpanna Tai Autonomous Chou, lies in an agricultural area on the lower Lantsang.
    A Concise Geography of China
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a (specified) intention.
    — Well/ill meaning.
  2. Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.
    — I might, to-day, have been a better, and thus a happier man, had I less frequently rejected the counsels embodied in those meaning whispers which I then but too cordially hated and too bitterly despised.

词形变化

meanings plural more meaning comparative most meaning superlative

词汇关系

下位词
proposition
衍生词
antimeaning double meaning foremeaning get the meaning loan meaning meaninged meaningful meaningless meaninglessly meaninglessness meaning of life meaning-text model meaning-text theory nonmeaning plain meaning rule self-referential meaning submeaning take the meaning undermeaning meaningly meaningness unmeaning

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mening, menyng, equivalent to mean + -ing. Cognate with Scots mening (“intent, purpose, sense, meaning”), West Frisian miening (“opinion, mind”), Dutch mening (“view, opinion, judgement”), German Meinung (“opinion, view, mind, idea”), Danish and Swedish mening (“meaning, sense, sentence, opinion”), Icelandic meining (“meaning”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English mean
English -ing
English meaning
From mean + -ing.
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