单词 | i-met |
释义 | † i-metn. Obsolete. 1. Fit or proper measure; moderation; = met n.1 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun] i-metOE hovec1175 metc1175 methec1175 measurec1225 measure?c1225 temperancea1340 methefulnessc1350 temperurec1380 mannera1382 mannernessa1382 sobernessc1384 attemperancec1386 measurablenessa1400 amesingc1400 meanheada1425 mediocrity?a1425 moderation?a1425 moderancea1460 temperancy1526 mean1531 modesty1531 temperature1536 measure-keeping1556 moderateness1571 moderature1574 sobriety1582 mediety1583 moderacy1601 temperateness1609 reserve1660 medium1693 soft pedal1899 met1932 OE Endowm. Men 25 in Exeter Bk. Þy læs he..of gemete hweorfe. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 139 Of ȝe–meðe. Sobrietas is an oðer mihte, þat is, maðe. a1250 Ancr. R. 286 Euerich þing me mei, þauh, ouerdon. Best is euer imete. 2. Capability, ability; = met n.1 Phrases 1a. ΚΠ OE Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xl. §1 Þylæs hi cweþan wit sprecan ofer monnes gemet. 3. a. An instrument for measuring; = met n.1 2. ΚΠ OE Laws: Episcopus Ne beo ænig metegyrd lengre þonne oðer, ac be þæs scriftes gemete ealle gescyfte, and ælc gemet on his scriftscire and æghwylc gewihte beo be his dihte gescyft swiþe rihte. b. = met n.1 1b. ΚΠ OE Rushw. Gosp. Matt. vii. 2 In ðæm gemete þe ge metaþ. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 38 Þ sylfan gemete þ ge metað, eow byð gemeten. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 137 Biðon ilke imet ðe ȝe meteð. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 137 Biðon ilke imet ðe ȝe meteð. 4. A fixed quantity or agreed measure of capacity; = met n.1 1d. rare. ΚΠ OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 33 On þrim gemetum melwes. 5. Quantity, amount. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > relative quantity or amount i-metOE metheOE measure1552 proportion1603 scale1607 OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) Anum eghuoelc sald is gefe æfter gimett giselenisse. 6. The size or dimensions of something; = met n.1 4a. ΚΠ OE Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xviii. §1 [Ptolomeus] se towrat ealles þises middangeardes gemet on anre bec. 7. a. A measure or method of measuring; = met n.1 3. ΚΠ OE Laws of Cnut ii. ix (Liebermann), gemeta & gewihta rihte man georne. OE Ælfric Deut. xxv. 15 Hæbbe ælc man..rihte gemetu on ælcum þingum. b. The action of measuring; determination of amount. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] i-metOE metingc1350 measurea1382 measuringa1398 commensuration1555 dimension1555 mensuration?a1560 measurement1590 dimensuration1593 admeasurement1610 admensuration1670 evaluation1780 quantification1851 OE Laws: Episcopus Be þæs scriftes dihte and be his sylfes gemete gebyreð þæt ða nydþeowan hlaferdum wyrcan. 8. An extent to be reached or fulfilled. ΚΠ OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxiii. 32 & gefylle ge gemet [L. mensuram] eowra fædera. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > as lemmasi-met i-met adj. ΚΠ c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) 66 Ant as imet sweuen aswindeð hire murhðen. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。