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单词 mete
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(miːt)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense metes, present participle meting, past tense, past participle meted
Phrasal verbs:
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mete in British English 1

(miːt)
verb (transitive)
1. (usually foll by out) formal
to distribute or allot (something, often unpleasant)
verb, noun
2.  poetic, dialect
(to) measure
Word origin
Old English metan; compare Old Saxon metan, Old Norse meta, German messen to measure

mete in British English 2

(miːt)
noun
rare
a mark, limit, or boundary (esp in the phrase metes and bounds)
Word origin
C15: from Old French, from Latin mēta goal, turning post (in race)

mete in American English 1

(mit)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmeted or ˈmeting
1. 
to allot; distribute; apportion
usually with out
2.  Archaic
to measure
Word origin
ME meten < OE metan, akin to Ger messen < IE *med- (> L modus, Gr metron) < base *me-, to mark off, measure

mete in American English 2

(mit)
noun
1. 
a boundary; limit
2. 
a boundary mark or line
Word origin
OFr < L meta, boundary, goal < IE *meit- (var. of *mei-), post, stake > ON meithr, a tree, MIr methos, boundary mark

Examples of 'mete' in a sentence
mete

The sentence is consistent with punishments previously meted out to those charged with establishing parties.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The punishments meted out to the banks were not specified.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The punishment being meted out has lost all connection with reality.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And no actual punishment is meted out for the faults that are uncovered.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The brutality with which this informal justice is meted out has outraged human rights activists.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Short stuff sat up on the slow surface, imploring the punishment meted out.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
At least 1,300 people were arrested and heavy jail sentences meted out.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
When there is clear evidence of a footballing crime that the referee failed to spot, it seems that a retrospective punishment can he meted out.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
During the night-time, a different form of punishment was meted out.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I would have thought that one of the key attributes to being a referee was the ability to ignore the abuse meted out by the crowd.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
If he dragged his heels or didn't "mind," his father meted out punishment with a shingle.
Eddison, Sydney A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden (1990)
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