minus

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 介词 prep.
中文释义
英 /ˈmaɪ.nəs/    美 /ˈmaɪ.nəs/|/ˈmɑe.nəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The minus sign (−).
    — On the third day a Master Barnard brings me up a slate full of plusses, minusses, x, y, z’s, and other letters of the alphabet, in a most amiable algebraical confusion.
  2. A negative quantity.
  3. A downside or disadvantage.
    — He valued Roderick’s friendship with the highest value he put on anything nowadays. Over the years they had assessed each other’s plusses and minusses and settled for the difference.
动词 v.
  1. To subtract. colloquial,transitive
    — For example, in solving the following equation, x + 4 = 9, the child using the negating mechanism will reason, "minussing 4" undoes "plussing 4" therefore, if x + 4 = 9 then x = 5 and will not see any point in using any intermediate steps.
形容词 adj.
  1. Being a negative quantity; pertaining to a deficit or reduction. not-comparable
    — a minus number
  2. That is below zero by (a specified amount) on a scale. not-comparable
    — minus seven degrees
  3. Worse off than before; out of pocket. colloquial,not-comparable,obsolete
    — The races being finished, we left Epsom for London, Mordaunt's natural vile temper not being at all improved by being three hundred pounds minus by the week's speculation […] .
  4. Ranking just below (a designated rating). not-comparable,postpositional
    — He got a grade of B minus for his essay.
介词 prep.
  1. Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity).
    — Seven minus two is five.
  2. Without; deprived of. informal
    — I walked out minus my coat.

词形变化

minuses plural minusses plural minuses present,singular,third-person minusses present,singular,third-person minusing participle,present minussing participle,present minused participle,past minused past minussed participle,past minussed past

词汇关系

近义词
defect deficiency drawback flaw shortcoming negative
反义词
plus plus sign antonym(s) of advantage bonus boon gain
衍生词
ice-minus minus sign T-minus check minus hyphen-minus minus-one minus-plus sign minus pool mix-minus plus minus plus-minus plus-minus method plus-minus sign plus or minus A minus F minus minus-alpha-pinene pi-minus

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mynus, from Latin minus, neuter form of minor, comparative form of parvus (“small, little”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (“few, small”).
词源 2
From Middle English mynus, from Latin minus, neuter form of minor, comparative form of parvus (“small, little”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (“few, small”).
词源 3
From Middle English mynus, from Latin minus, neuter form of minor, comparative form of parvus (“small, little”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (“few, small”).
词源 4
From Middle English mynus, from Latin minus, neuter form of minor, comparative form of parvus (“small, little”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (“few, small”).
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