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单词 mark
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marknoun

uk/mɑːk/us/mɑːrk/

mark noun (DIFFERENT AREA)

B2 [ C ] a small area on the surface of something that is damaged, dirty, or different in some way:

There were dirty marks on her trousers where she had wiped her hands.
His fingers had left marks on the table's polished surface.
She had a red mark on her arm where she'd burned herself.

[ C ] a typical feature or one that allows you to recognize someone or something:

Did your attacker have any distinguishing marks, such as a scar or a birthmark?
You can tell which puppy is which from the marks (also markings) on their fur.

More examples

  • She scrubbed at the mark on the wall for ages, but it wouldn't come off.
  • His shoes left muddy marks on the floor.
  • The bush looked badly diseased, with black marks on all the leaves.
  • The blood had left an indelible mark on her shirt.
  • Don't put anything wet on a polished surface, or it will leave a mark.

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Dirt & untidiness

  • a dog's breakfast idiom
  • bloodstain
  • blot
  • clutter
  • contaminant
  • contaminate
  • defile
  • filthiness
  • fleck
  • grime
  • gunge
  • gunk
  • muck
  • pollutant
  • slob
  • slovenly
  • slut
  • smear
  • smudge
  • speck

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Conditions and characteristics

mark noun (SYMBOL)

C1 [ C ] a symbol that is used for giving information:

I've put a mark on the map where I think we should go for a picnic.
What do those marks in the middle of the road mean?

[ C ] a written or printed symbol:

a question mark
an exclamation mark
punctuation marks

More examples

  • I put a mark where the level of the water reached.
  • These marks represent the number of people affected by drought.
  • If you are taller than this mark, you cannot enter the play area.
  • I put the phrase in quotation marks.
  • Do these marks on the document actually mean anything?

mark noun (FOR SCHOOL WORK)

A2 [ C ] mainly UK US usually grade a judgment, expressed as a number or letter, about the quality of a piece of work done at school, college, or university:

What mark did you get in the biology exam?
Matilda's had very good marks in/for English throughout the year.
UK You scored full marks in the test - ten out of ten!
See also
grade

More examples

  • What mark did he get in his exam?
  • She did no revision, but she still got a very high mark.
  • She got good marks for all her work.
  • I need good marks to go on to the next part of the course.
  • The teacher gave a me a good mark for my essay.

mark noun (LEVEL)

[ S ] the level intended or wanted:

Sales have already passed the million mark.

More examples

  • Deaths have passed the thousand mark.
  • Her earnings passed the $1 million mark.

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Measurements in general

  • bathymetry
  • deep
  • dimension
  • distance
  • draught
  • drop
  • floor-length
  • hecto-
  • imperial
  • length
  • length
  • linear
  • measurable
  • mega
  • pico-
  • pitch
  • ply
  • tyre pressure
  • vital statistics
  • wheelbase

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Quality and standard

mark noun (REPRESENTATION)

C2 [ C ] an action that is understood to represent or show a characteristic of a person or thing or feeling:

He took off his hat as a mark of respect for her dead husband.
It's the mark of a gentleman to stand up when someone enters the room.
I'd like to give this bottle of wine as a mark of appreciation for all the work you've done for us.

More examples

  • The flag was flying at half-mast to mark the death of the president.
  • The recent free elections mark the next step in the country's progress towards democracy.
  • Many diplomats attended a naval review to mark the anniversary of the end of the war.
  • A statue was erected to mark the bicentenary of the composer's birth.
  • The Ural mountains mark the boundary between Europe and Asia.

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Showing and demonstrating

  • act sth out
  • attest
  • barometer
  • bespeak
  • bring
  • bring sth forward
  • flicker
  • manifestation
  • produce
  • prove
  • put up sth
  • radiate
  • revealing
  • says something about sb/sth idiom
  • signify
  • speak
  • strike
  • suggest
  • token
  • wear

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Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying

mark noun (MONEY)

[ C ] a Deutschmark

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Currencies

  • ariary
  • bitcoin
  • coinage
  • colon
  • convertible
  • cryptocurrency
  • decimal currency
  • denominate
  • dirham
  • drachma
  • faller
  • franc
  • guilder
  • krona
  • krone
  • lira
  • peseta
  • rial
  • riyal
  • zloty

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Idiom(s)

be off the mark
be quick/slow off the mark
be up to the mark
leave your/its mark on sb/sth
make a/your mark (on sth)
on your marks, get set, go!

markverb

uk/mɑːk/us/mɑːrk/

mark verb (PIECE OF WORK)

B2 [ T ] mainly UK US usually grade to correct mistakes in and give points for a piece of work:

I was up half the night marking exam papers.
UK You'll be marked down (= given a lower mark) for poor spelling and punctuation.
See also
grade

More examples

  • I marked the level in the bottles so that nobody can take any.
  • The place where the treasure is buried is marked with a stone cross.
  • Our route was marked by flags in the sand.
  • I've marked the best route to our house.
  • Can you mark the amount of work you've done each week on this chart?

mark verb (DAMAGE/MAKE DIRTY)

C1 [ I or T ] to make a mark on something or someone:

Make sure you don't mark the walls while you're moving the furniture around.
A dark carpet won't mark as easily as a light one.

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Making things dirty & untidy

  • blacken
  • clutter
  • contaminate
  • defile
  • dirty
  • disarrange
  • foul
  • mess
  • mired
  • mix sth up
  • muddle
  • muddle sth up
  • muddy
  • muss
  • pollute
  • polluter
  • soil
  • stain
  • tarnish
  • the polluter pays principle idiom

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mark verb (REPRESENT)

[ T ] to represent or show a characteristic of a person or thing or feeling:

The band's songs have always been marked by controversial lyrics.
The signing of the treaty marked a major milestone on the road to European union.

[ T ] to show respect for or commemorate:

Tomorrow's parade will mark the 50th anniversary of the battle.

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Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying

  • analogy
  • archetype
  • be sb all over idiom
  • betoken
  • by way of idiom
  • genre
  • hold
  • mirror
  • Mr
  • Mrs
  • quintessential
  • representative
  • stand
  • trademark
  • translate
  • true
  • trust
  • trust sb (to do sth)! idiom
  • typical
  • typically

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Showing respect and admiration
Remembering, reminding and reminders

mark verb (INDICATE)

B2 [ T ] to show where something is by drawing or putting something somewhere:

I've marked the route around the town's one-way system on the map.
I'd like everyone to mark their progress on the chart every week.
X marks the spot where the treasure is buried.

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Showing and demonstrating

  • act sth out
  • attest
  • barometer
  • bespeak
  • bring
  • bring sth forward
  • flicker
  • manifestation
  • produce
  • prove
  • put up sth
  • radiate
  • revealing
  • says something about sb/sth idiom
  • signify
  • speak
  • strike
  • suggest
  • token
  • wear

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mark verb (SPORTS)

[ T ] UK US cover to prevent a member of the opposing team from taking control of the ball by staying close to them all the time

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General terms used in ball sports

  • aggregate score
  • assist
  • back pass
  • bobble
  • center circle
  • chip
  • goalless
  • holding
  • lay
  • layoff
  • long ball
  • man on! idiom
  • man-to-man defense
  • man-to-man marking
  • overarm
  • set piece
  • shoot
  • sidespin
  • unplayable
  • wrong-foot

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Idiom(s)

be marked out as sth
(you) mark my words!
mark time

Phrasal verb(s)

mark sth down
mark sb down as sth
mark sth/sb off
mark sth off
mark sth out
mark sth up

Marknoun

uk/mɑːk/us/mɑːrk/

used before a number to describe a particular version of a machine, especially one that is an improvement on the original version:

The car has enjoyed modest success since its launch, but the Mark 2 version is expected to be far more popular.

UK used before a number to show what temperature you should use for cooking something in a gas oven:

Cook at Mark 5 for 20 minutes.

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Categories and varieties

  • animal
  • brand
  • category
  • classification
  • food group
  • form
  • genre
  • hue
  • ilk
  • incarnation
  • kind
  • matter
  • mould
  • order
  • style
  • take
  • type
  • typology
  • variety
  • version

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Measurements of temperature

marknoun [ C ]

us/mɑrk/

mark noun [ C ] (SMALL AREA)

a small area on the surface of something that is damaged, dirty, a different color, or in some other way not like the rest of the surface:

You’ve got paint marks on your shirt.
There were skid marks where the car had gone off the road.

mark noun [ C ] (WRITING)

a written or printed symbol:

a punctuation mark
a check mark
Put a mark in the box that corresponds to the correct answer.

mark noun [ C ] (SIGN)

an action that is understood to represent a characteristic or feeling:

As a mark of respect for those who died, there will be a minute of silence.

mark noun [ C ] (JUDGMENT)

a letter or number used as a measure of how good a student’s work is, usually given by a teacher; a grade:

I got a decent mark on my final exam and wound up with a B for the course.

fig. If you give someone high/low marks for something, you judge that person to be good or bad in a particular way:

I’d certainly give him high marks for perseverance, but he doesn’t have much talent.

mark noun [ C ] (PURPOSE)

an intended result or an object aimed at:

Mass marketing techniques very often miss their intended marks.
Her arrow hit the mark.

markverb [ T ]

us/mɑrk/

mark verb [ T ] (REPRESENT)

to represent something that has happened in the past or is about to happen:

A guided tour will be held to mark the opening of the new school.
Today marks my tenth anniversary with this company.

mark verb [ T ] (SMALL AREA)

to put a line, spot, color, etc., that is different from the rest of a surface on a small area of that surface :

Sale items are marked in red on the tags.

mark verb [ T ] (JUDGMENT)

to put a number or letter on a student’s work that shows how good it is:

I have a stack of exam papers to mark.

Phrasal verb(s)

mark down something
mark down something/someone
mark off something
mark up something

marknoun

uk/mɑːk/us

[ C ] a small area on a surface that is damaged, dirty, a different colour, etc.:

She returned the garment because it had a mark on the front.

[ C ] a symbol or sign which is used for showing where or what something is:

For every customer who comes through the door, put a mark in this column.

[ S ] a level that is important in some way:

the million dollar/10-billion/30-minute, etc. mark The Dow Jones Index broke through the 5,100 mark.
pass/top/exceed the ... mark Sales have already passed the million mark.

[ C ] a number or score saying how good something is or how well someone has done:

We give them a mark out of ten for service, food quality, and value for money.
a mark of sth

something that shows or proves a particular quality, feeling, etc.:

With wine, an appellation is not necessarily a mark of quality.
On the day of his funeral, the factory closed early as a mark of respect.
leave your/its mark on sb/sth

to have an effect that changes someone or something, often in a bad way:

The hurricane continues to leave its mark on abandoned strip malls and empty houses.
make a/your mark (on sth)

to have an important effect on something:

He is beginning to make his mark on the shape and direction of the Wall Street firm.
I was very ambitious, and I wanted to make a mark.
off the mark

not correct:

His criticisms are way off the mark.
You may only be guessing, but you are not far off the mark.

not at the level that was expected:

It is difficult to pinpoint why sales are off the mark.
Why are his projections so far off the mark?
up to the mark

good enough:

Her latest batch of work just isn't up to the mark.

markverb [ T ]

uk/mɑːk/us

to write, print, or put information on something:

mark sth with sth Make sure everything is marked with the sale price.
be marked sth She divided the papers into piles marked "action" and "no action".

to be something or show that something exists:

That figure marks a 26% increase since the same time last year.
The deal marked a high point in her career.

Phrasal verb(s)

mark sth down
mark sth up
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