meek
英 [miːk]
美 [mik]
- adj. 温顺的；谦恭的；驯服的
- n. (Meek)人名；(英)米克
助记提示
1. 根据首辅音决定词类含义的原理以及 meek 和 mild 的词源信息猜测，这两个单词很可能具有同源性或者亲缘关系，它们都来源于古北欧语或者古日耳曼语；它们都很可能与词根 medi- / mid- 具有同源性或者亲缘关系，表示一种不偏不倚、不走极端的中庸路线或状态。
2. 谐音“秘客”-------做秘书的人，简称“秘人、秘客”------秘书显然都是很温顺的嘛。
3. 谐音“秘可”-----秘书可人儿啦。
中文词源
meek 温顺的，谦恭的来自Proto-Germanic*meukaz,柔软的，谦逊的，来自PIE*meug,滑的，黏的，词源同mucus,muggy.后引申词义温顺的，谦恭的等，通常用以形容女人有礼貌。
英文词源
- meek
- meek: see muck
- meek (adj.)
- c. 1200, "gentle, quiet, unaggressive; benevolent, kind; courteous, humble, unassuming;" of a woman, "modest," from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse mjukr "soft, pliant, gentle," from Proto-Germanic *meukaz (cognates: Gothic muka-modei "humility," Dutch muik "soft"), of uncertain origin, perhaps from PIE *meug- "slippery, slimy." In the Bible, it translates Latin mansuetus from Vulgate (see mansuetude). Sense of "submissive" is from mid-14c.
- meek (n.)
- "those who are meek," c. 1200, from meek (adj.).
双语例句
- 1. She maintained a kind of meek-ness.
- 她保持着一种温顺的态度。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The meek shall inherit the earth.
- 谦卑的人必承受地土。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They called her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild .
- 他们称她为“鼠小姐”，因为她总是那么懦弱谦和。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.
- 他期望女儿都温顺听话。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.
- 他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布.
来自《简明英汉词典》