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

mere1

/mɪə

/

adjective [attributive]

1Used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is: questions that cannot be answered by mere mortals the city is a mere 20 minutes from some stunning countryside...

On one side, it reduces the people depicted to mere entertainment value, insignificant frogs meant only for visual dissection.
They are observed, your Honour, for a number of reasons, some of which may be historical, but basically they are mere insignificant courtesies.
‘I'm open-minded,’ he said, looking down at his shoes, the mere hint of a smile playing on his lips.

Synonyms

trifling, meagre, bare, trivial, paltry, basic, scant, scanty, skimpy, minimal, slender;

no more than, just, only

1.1Used to emphasize that the fact of something being present in a situation is enough to influence that situation: his stomach rebelled at the mere thought of food...

Apart from the fact that his mere presence attracted a crowd of over 24,000, as well as live coverage on ABC television, he didn't make much of an impact on the game.
To hold otherwise would be, in effect,… to convict a man on his thoughts, unaccompanied by any physical act other than the fact of his mere presence.
The permanent features of our situation seem mere brute facts - to be endured or, if possible, gotten around.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the senses 'pure' and 'sheer, downright'): from Latin merus 'undiluted'.

Rhymes

mere2

/mɪə

/

noun British, chiefly literary

A lake or pond: the stream widens into a mere where hundreds of geese gather [in place names]: Hornsea Mere...

Waters to head for include canals, rivers, gravel pits, lakes, ponds, meres and reservoirs.
Little grebes breed on ponds, small lakes and meres, flooded gravel pits and beet factory settling ponds.

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meer 'lake' and German Meer 'sea', from an Indo-European root shared by Russian more and Latin mare.

mere3

/ˈmɛri

/

noun

A Maori war club, especially one made of greenstone.This replicates a traditional Maori War Club used by Maori warriors of old....

A Maori warrior made his mere of greenstone, an igneous rock, and ground one side to a sharp edge.
The Mere (traditional Maori club) buried in the whales tail is a symbolic act of war.

Origin

Maori.

单词	mere
释义	mere1 /mɪə / adjective [attributive] 1Used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is: questions that cannot be answered by mere mortals the city is a mere 20 minutes from some stunning countryside... On one side, it reduces the people depicted to mere entertainment value, insignificant frogs meant only for visual dissection. They are observed, your Honour, for a number of reasons, some of which may be historical, but basically they are mere insignificant courtesies. ‘I'm open-minded,’ he said, looking down at his shoes, the mere hint of a smile playing on his lips. Synonyms trifling, meagre, bare, trivial, paltry, basic, scant, scanty, skimpy, minimal, slender; no more than, just, only 1.1Used to emphasize that the fact of something being present in a situation is enough to influence that situation: his stomach rebelled at the mere thought of food... Apart from the fact that his mere presence attracted a crowd of over 24,000, as well as live coverage on ABC television, he didn't make much of an impact on the game. To hold otherwise would be, in effect,… to convict a man on his thoughts, unaccompanied by any physical act other than the fact of his mere presence. The permanent features of our situation seem mere brute facts - to be endured or, if possible, gotten around. Origin Late Middle English (in the senses 'pure' and 'sheer, downright'): from Latin merus 'undiluted'. Rhymes adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre mere2 /mɪə / noun British, chiefly literary A lake or pond: the stream widens into a mere where hundreds of geese gather [in place names]: Hornsea Mere... Waters to head for include canals, rivers, gravel pits, lakes, ponds, meres and reservoirs. Little grebes breed on ponds, small lakes and meres, flooded gravel pits and beet factory settling ponds. Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meer 'lake' and German Meer 'sea', from an Indo-European root shared by Russian more and Latin mare. mere3 /ˈmɛri / noun A Maori war club, especially one made of greenstone.This replicates a traditional Maori War Club used by Maori warriors of old.... A Maori warrior made his mere of greenstone, an igneous rock, and ground one side to a sharp edge. The Mere (traditional Maori club) buried in the whales tail is a symbolic act of war. Origin Maori.
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