size

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. countable,uncountable
    — The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.
  2. Alternative form of sice (“number six in dice games”). alt-of,alternative
  3. A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon. countable,uncountable
    — The beginning of a new episode of work for Bradly was an agitated niggling over six-by-four squares of cardboard coated with size and white lead, prepared by himself to save an experimental waste of canvas.
  4. A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. countable,uncountable
    — I don't think we have the red one in your size.
  5. Wallpaper paste. countable,uncountable
  6. The number of edges in a graph. countable,uncountable
  7. The thickened crust on coagulated blood. countable,uncountable
  8. Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish. countable,uncountable
  9. Degree of rank, ability, character, etc. countable,dated,figuratively,uncountable
    — men of a less size and quality**
  10. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls countable,uncountable
    — Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Size”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC..
  11. Ellipsis of chili size (“hamburger served with chili con carne”). US,abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis
  12. An assize. countable,dialectal,obsolete,uncountable
    — I know you would have women above the law, but it is all a lye; I heard his lordship say at size, that no one is above the law.
  13. A regulation, piece of ordinance. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  14. A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  15. A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — to scant my sizes
动词 v.
  1. To adjust the size of; to make a certain size. transitive
    — a statute […] to size weights, and measures
  2. To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted. transitive
  3. To classify or arrange by size.; To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature. transitive
  4. To apply a thickening agent (such as cornstarch or gelatin) to warp threads to prevent abrasion or unraveling during weaving. transitive
    — After spinning, the singles are either dyed for sale as thread or sized with cornstarch, woven into fabric, and sewn into garments and accessories that are dyed after completion.
  5. To classify or arrange by size.; To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts. transitive
  6. To classify or arrange by size.; To separate different proteins by molecular weight. transitive
    — However, SDS-PAGE consistently sized most of the proteins smaller than the ProteoAnalyzer, resulting in a larger percent difference between the two systems.
  7. To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of. colloquial,transitive
  8. To take a greater size; to increase in size. intransitive
    — after 1633 (first published), John Donne, Farewell to Love Our desires give them fashion, and so, / As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow.
  9. To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book. UK,obsolete
  10. To swell; to increase the bulk of. obsolete,transitive
    — 2. Queen.[…]lend us a knee; But touch the ground for us no longer time Then a Doves motion, when the head's pluckt off: ell him if he i'th blood cizd field, lay swolne Showing the Sun his Teeth; grinning at the Moone What you would doe.

词形变化

sizes plural sizes present,singular,third-person sizing participle,present sized participle,past sized past sizes plural sizes present,singular,third-person sizing participle,present sized participle,past sized past sizes plural

词汇关系

近义词
size bigness bulk largeness magnitude scale
上位词
physical property
下位词
bid size cup size effect size family size file size shoe size minuteness smallness tininess enormity gargantuanness ginormousness ginormity hugeness massiveness
衍生词
batchsize bite-size blocksize bring down to size brood size Capesize chili size cut down to size desize downsize effective stack size fist-size full-size fun size fun-size fun-sized genome size gold size good-size good-sized grain size is there a smaller size king-size king size king-sized knock down to size legal-size letter-size life-size life-sized man-size medium-sized microsize middle-sized mid-size millimetre-sized multisize nanosize nanosized near-Earth-size near-Earth-sized nodesize one-size diaper one-size-fits-all one-size-fits-most one-size nappy outsize oversize pick on someone your own size pint-size plus-size plus size pocket-size queen-size right-size rightsize sizable sizecode size difference size down size effect size-exclusion chromatography size inflation sizeism sizeist sizeless size matters size queen sizer size roll size stick size theory sizewise size-zero size zero sizism sizist sizy smartsize standard-size stepsize supersize that's about the size of it travel-size trim down to size try for size try on for size twin-size undersize unisize upsize voxelsize whittle down to size wordsize sizing
相关词
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词源

词源 1
Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, from Middle English syse, sise (“regulation, control, limit”), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise (“assize”), from the verb asseoir (“to sit down”), from Latin assidēre, composed of ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Displaced native Old English miċelnes (literally “bigness”).
词源 2
From Middle English syse, of unclear origin; related to Old Italian sisa (“a glue used by painters”), perhaps ultimately related to size / syse (“amount”), or perhaps shortened from assisa, from assiso (“to make to sit, to seat, to place”)
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