单词 | reckon |
释义 | reck·on transitive verb 1. < would need several pages merely to reckon up the names > < reckoning her wrongs over vividly — George Meredith > 2. a. < I have not art to reckon my groans — Shakespeare > b. < in reckoning the height, allow for a thick mat or excelsior cushion underfoot — Emily Holt > < stood gazing about, trying to reckon the size of the cave — Willa Cather > c. < the existence of the United States is reckoned from the Declaration of Independence > < the society is matrilineal and all blood relations and personal loyalties are reckoned on the blood ties — Abram Kardiner > 3. a. < the artist is reckoned a freak — Clive Bell > < taught men to reckon virtue of more moment than security — W.F.Hambly > b. < has commonly been reckoned an American philosopher — Americana Annual > < many anthropologists have accordingly reckoned them as an early Caucasoid offshoot — A.L.Kroeber > c. < despite his astonishing anticipations of the painting of the end of the nineteenth century, it seems better to reckon him to the old school — F.J.Mather > d. < sitting opposite the boys in church, and reckoning them up with her keen eyes — Samuel Butler †1902 > 4. a. < reckon that we lost a fifth of the oats through sprouting — Country Life > < reckons that his phone rings on an average three times a day — New York Herald Tribune > b. chiefly dialect < been doing this work for six years and we reckon we know something about it — C.D.Lewis > intransitive verb 1. < after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them — Mt 25:19 (Authorized Version) > 2. < seemed to reckon in her mind — H.G.Wells > < reckoned, and put his money on his newfound fellow clerk — Winston Churchill > 3. chiefly dialect a. b. 4. a. < thoroughly nice people, as the world reckons — Mary Ross > b. chiefly dialect < it's faith, I reckon, that's kept her goin' — Ellen Glasgow > 5. < reckon on your promise to aid me — George Meredith > < do not reckon upon it with certainty — Rachel Henning > Synonyms: see calculate, consider, rely • - reckon with - reckon without |
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