英语词汇“merry mean”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. That which is intermediate; a condition, quality, disposition, or course of action, that is equally removed from two opposite extremes. Frequently with an adjective indicating the desirability of such a state, as happy mean, †merry mean, etc. (cf. happy medium n. at happy adj. and n. Compounds 3); see also golden mean n. 1. Formerly also: †a midpoint or intermediate link between physical extremes (obsolete).The doctrine of the desirability of a position between two extremes occurs in many philosophies, but in European thought is likely to derive from Aristotle, who esp. in the Nicomachean Ethics (1106^b 27 and elsewhere) associated virtue or goodness (ἀρετή) with such a middle position or mean (μεσότης).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre

middleeOE

mideOE

midwardOE

middleheada1325

pointc1330

midsa1382

meanc1390

middleward1431

midstc1450

centrea1500

centrya1535

navel1604

umbilic1607

meditullium1611

half-way1634

umbrila1636

amidst1664

eye1671

umbil1688

omphalos1845

mid-career1911

middle-middle1926

c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 833 Attemperaunce..holdeth the mene in alle thynges.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 169 Downes ben menes bitwene þe lowest pleyne of þe londe and þe hiȝest coppe of hilles.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6527 Richesse and mendicitees Ben clepid two extremytees; The mene is cleped suffisaunce.

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. pr. vii. 107 Ocupye the mene.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ii. 27 Demene hit in the mene of moyst and drie.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 398 Ereithe[r] sappe wol condescende Vnto that mene, & glew hem self in fere.

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. 139 (MED) Mesure is a meri mene, þouȝ men moche yerne.

1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Ciiij^v Betwene these extreame contraries there is no meane.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 59^v I haue heard that extremities are to be vsed, where the meane will not serue.

1596 E. Spenser Hymne in Honour of Love 87 Tempering goodly well Their contrary dislikes with loved meanes.

1651 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa I. i. i. 15 There was no Meane betweene my misery, and her favour.

1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 9/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) Measure is a merry mean.

1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 297 In apparel the mean is the best.

1716 A. Pope Full Acct. E. Curll 5 There is a mean in all things.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. vi. 276 Religion is the virtuous Mean between Incredulity and Superstition.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (ed. 5) II. vii. 234 It is not easy..to preserve with steadiness the happy mean between these two extremes.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 24/2 A mean between the darkest and lightest tint used.

1952 P. Tillich Courage to Be iii. 74 This is the truth in Aristotle's doctrine of courage as the right mean between cowardice and temerity.

1979 N. Gordimer Burger's Daughter 77 The smoked glass windows made the climate of each day the same cool mean, neither summer nor winter.

1990 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 50 547 The lord and chief perfects his virtue so that he brings about government consistent in the happy mean and in harmony.

† merry mean n. Obsolete a happy medium; frequently in proverbial phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [noun] > happy medium

merry meana1475

golden mediocrity?1510

middle mean1577

happy medium1629

chastity1712

a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 124 Mesure is a mery meene, whan god is not displesed.

a1575 G. Gascoigne Flowers in Posies 41 Thus learne I by my glasse, that merrie meane is best.

1597 H. Lok Ecclesiastes 67 In measure is (we say) a merry meane.

1614 T. Freeman Rubbe & Great Cast lxxxiv Where it [sc. mankind] must be considerate and carefull, Betwixt extreames to keepe the merry meane.

单词	merry mean
释义	> as lemmas merry mean a. That which is intermediate; a condition, quality, disposition, or course of action, that is equally removed from two opposite extremes. Frequently with an adjective indicating the desirability of such a state, as happy mean, †merry mean, etc. (cf. happy medium n. at happy adj. and n. Compounds 3); see also golden mean n. 1. Formerly also: †a midpoint or intermediate link between physical extremes (obsolete).The doctrine of the desirability of a position between two extremes occurs in many philosophies, but in European thought is likely to derive from Aristotle, who esp. in the Nicomachean Ethics (1106^b 27 and elsewhere) associated virtue or goodness (ἀρετή) with such a middle position or mean (μεσότης). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre middleeOE mideOE midwardOE middleheada1325 pointc1330 midsa1382 meanc1390 middleward1431 midstc1450 centrea1500 centrya1535 navel1604 umbilic1607 meditullium1611 half-way1634 umbrila1636 amidst1664 eye1671 umbil1688 omphalos1845 mid-career1911 middle-middle1926 c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 833 Attemperaunce..holdeth the mene in alle thynges. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 169 Downes ben menes bitwene þe lowest pleyne of þe londe and þe hiȝest coppe of hilles. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6527 Richesse and mendicitees Ben clepid two extremytees; The mene is cleped suffisaunce. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. pr. vii. 107 Ocupye the mene. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ii. 27 Demene hit in the mene of moyst and drie. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 398 Ereithe[r] sappe wol condescende Vnto that mene, & glew hem self in fere. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. 139 (MED) Mesure is a meri mene, þouȝ men moche yerne. 1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Ciiij^v Betwene these extreame contraries there is no meane. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 59^v I haue heard that extremities are to be vsed, where the meane will not serue. 1596 E. Spenser Hymne in Honour of Love 87 Tempering goodly well Their contrary dislikes with loved meanes. 1651 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa I. i. i. 15 There was no Meane betweene my misery, and her favour. 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 9/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) Measure is a merry mean. 1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 297 In apparel the mean is the best. 1716 A. Pope Full Acct. E. Curll 5 There is a mean in all things. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. vi. 276 Religion is the virtuous Mean between Incredulity and Superstition. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (ed. 5) II. vii. 234 It is not easy..to preserve with steadiness the happy mean between these two extremes. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 24/2 A mean between the darkest and lightest tint used. 1952 P. Tillich Courage to Be iii. 74 This is the truth in Aristotle's doctrine of courage as the right mean between cowardice and temerity. 1979 N. Gordimer Burger's Daughter 77 The smoked glass windows made the climate of each day the same cool mean, neither summer nor winter. 1990 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 50 547 The lord and chief perfects his virtue so that he brings about government consistent in the happy mean and in harmony. extracted from meann.³ merry mean † merry mean n. Obsolete a happy medium; frequently in proverbial phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [noun] > happy medium merry meana1475 golden mediocrity?1510 middle mean1577 happy medium1629 chastity1712 a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 124 Mesure is a mery meene, whan god is not displesed. a1575 G. Gascoigne Flowers in Posies 41 Thus learne I by my glasse, that merrie meane is best. 1597 H. Lok Ecclesiastes 67 In measure is (we say) a merry meane. 1614 T. Freeman Rubbe & Great Cast lxxxiv Where it [sc. mankind] must be considerate and carefull, Betwixt extreames to keepe the merry meane. extracted from merryadj. < as lemmas
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