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

mead1

/miːd

noun [mass noun] chiefly historical

An alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water: the tavern stocks beer, cider, perry, and mead...

Almost all the tables were full with drunken commoners, washing away their troubles with ale and strong mead.
While we partied, many men were drunk from too much ale and mead.
Warriors with old scars and ever-honed muscles drank their mead and shared stories of their own battles.

Origin

Old English me(o)du, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mee and German Met, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit madhu 'sweet drink, honey' and Greek methu 'wine'.

Rhymes

mead2

/miːd

noun literary

A meadow.Gone was the safe, familiar home, set amidst a tumble of rolling, well-tilled fields dotted with farm buildings, and grassy meads redolent with the scent of wildflowers....

All the preceding afternoon and night heavy thunderstorms had hissed down upon the meads.
Instead of brick courtyards and side-lit rooms where music is played and good housewifery rules, we have boats, meads, cows, horsemen and horsewomen.

Origin

Old English mǣd, of Germanic origin; related to mow¹.

单词	mead
释义	mead1 /miːd / noun [mass noun] chiefly historical An alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water: the tavern stocks beer, cider, perry, and mead... Almost all the tables were full with drunken commoners, washing away their troubles with ale and strong mead. While we partied, many men were drunk from too much ale and mead. Warriors with old scars and ever-honed muscles drank their mead and shared stories of their own battles. Origin Old English me(o)du, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mee and German Met, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit madhu 'sweet drink, honey' and Greek methu 'wine'. Rhymes accede, bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, deed, Eid, exceed, feed, Gide, God speed, greed, he'd, heed, impede, interbreed, intercede, Jamshid, knead, lead, Mede, meed, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, plead, proceed, read, rede, reed, Reid, retrocede, screed, secede, seed, she'd, speed, stampede, steed, succeed, supersede, Swede, tweed, weak-kneed, we'd, weed mead2 /miːd / noun literary A meadow.Gone was the safe, familiar home, set amidst a tumble of rolling, well-tilled fields dotted with farm buildings, and grassy meads redolent with the scent of wildflowers.... All the preceding afternoon and night heavy thunderstorms had hissed down upon the meads. Instead of brick courtyards and side-lit rooms where music is played and good housewifery rules, we have boats, meads, cows, horsemen and horsewomen. Origin Old English mǣd, of Germanic origin; related to mow¹.
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