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

A meed is a well-deserved compensation or reward. At a birthday party, every guest hopes to gather his or her meed of candy from the piñata they've worked so hard to smash open.

The noun meed is a very old fashioned way to talk about a payment or share of something. You're most likely to come across it in older books, but you might want to use it to describe the way your grandmother manages to give each of her twelve grandchildren a meed of her attention and love. Meed comes from the Old English root mēd, which has a Proto-Indo-European root in common with the Greek misthos, or "reward."

WORD FAMILY

meed: meeds

USAGE EXAMPLES

“That’s Ben Meed,” she said, pointing to a looping video of a Warsaw Ghetto survivor and Holocaust activist that played in one corner.

Los Angeles Times(Oct 10, 2016)

In addition to her son, Mrs. Meed, who lived in Manhattan, is survived by a daughter, Dr. Anna Scherzer of Phoenix, and five grandchildren.

New York Times(Nov 25, 2012)

Their only meed--some execrating word To blight the hour when first their voice was heard.'

Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis), Aspects of Modern Oxford(2012)

n a fitting reward

Hyper

reward

payment made in return for a service rendered

单词	meed
释义	meed (once / 4441 pages) n A meed is a well-deserved compensation or reward. At a birthday party, every guest hopes to gather his or her meed of candy from the piñata they've worked so hard to smash open. The noun meed is a very old fashioned way to talk about a payment or share of something. You're most likely to come across it in older books, but you might want to use it to describe the way your grandmother manages to give each of her twelve grandchildren a meed of her attention and love. Meed comes from the Old English root mēd, which has a Proto-Indo-European root in common with the Greek misthos, or "reward." WORD FAMILY meed: meeds USAGE EXAMPLES “That’s Ben Meed,” she said, pointing to a looping video of a Warsaw Ghetto survivor and Holocaust activist that played in one corner. Los Angeles Times(Oct 10, 2016) In addition to her son, Mrs. Meed, who lived in Manhattan, is survived by a daughter, Dr. Anna Scherzer of Phoenix, and five grandchildren. New York Times(Nov 25, 2012) Their only meed--some execrating word To blight the hour when first their voice was heard.' Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis), Aspects of Modern Oxford(2012) n a fitting reward Hyper reward payment made in return for a service rendered
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