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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- mean [miːn]
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- 1. vt. (signify) 表示...意思
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2.
vt.
(refer to) 意指
- I thought you meant her, not me.
- 我想你指的是她，不是我。
- 3. vt. (involve) 意味着
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4.
vt.
to mean to do sth (intend) 意欲做某事
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5.
vt.
a film meant for adults 针对成人的电影
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6.
adjective
(not generous) 吝啬的
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7.
adjective
[+person]
(unkind) 刻薄的
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8.
adjective
[US]
[inf]
[+person, animal]
(cruel) 残忍的
- 9. adjective [+street, lodgings] (shabby) 破旧的
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10.
adjective
see also means
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- mean [miːn]
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
[may take a clause as object or an infinitive]
to intend to convey or express
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2.
vb
[may take a clause as object or an infinitive]
intend
- she didn't mean to hurt it
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3.
vb
[may take a clause as object]
to say or do in all seriousness
- the boss means what he says about strikes
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4.
vb
[often passive;
often foll by for] to destine or design (for a certain person or purpose)- she was meant for greater things
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5.
vb
[may take a clause as object]
to denote or connote; signify; represent
- examples help show exactly what a word means
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6.
vb
[may take a clause as object]
to produce; cause
- the weather will mean long traffic delays
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7.
vb
[may take a clause as object]
to foretell; portend
- those dark clouds mean rain
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8.
vb
to have the importance of
- money means nothing to him
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9.
vi.
[intr]
to have the intention of behaving or acting (esp in the phrases mean well or mean ill)
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10.
vi.
[Etymology]
Old English mænan; compare Old Saxon m
e nian to intend, Dutch meenen -
11.
vi.
[Usage]
In standard English, mean should not be followed by for when expressing intention: I didn't mean this to happen (not I didn't mean for this to happen)
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
[may take a clause as object or an infinitive]
to intend to convey or express
- mean [miːn]
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1.
adj
[chiefly Brit]
miserly, ungenerous, or petty
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2.
adj
humble, obscure, or lowly
- he rose from mean origins to high office
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3.
adj
despicable, ignoble, or callous
- a mean action
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4.
adj
poor or shabby
- mean clothing
- a mean abode
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5.
adj
[informal]
[chiefly US and Canadian]
bad-tempered; vicious
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6.
adj
[informal]
ashamed
- he felt mean about not letting the children go to the zoo
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7.
adj
[informal]
[chiefly US]
unwell; in low spirits
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8.
adj
[slang]
excellent; skilful
- he plays a mean trombone
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9.
adj
[Etymology]
C12: from Old English gem
æ ne common; related to Old High German gimeini, Latin communis common, at first with no pejorative sense
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1.
adj
[chiefly Brit]
miserly, ungenerous, or petty
- mean [miːn]
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1.
n
the middle point, state, or course between limits or extremes
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2.
n
moderation
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3.
n
[maths]
the second and third terms of a proportion, as b and c in a/b = c/d
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4.
n
another name for average - See also geometric mean
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5.
n
[statistics]
a statistic obtained by multiplying each possible value of a variable by its probability and then taking the sum or integral over the range of the variable
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6.
adj
intermediate or medium in size, quantity, etc
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7.
adj
occurring halfway between extremes or limits; average
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8.
adj
See also means
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9.
adj
[Etymology]
C14: via Anglo-Norman from Old French moien, from Late Latin medi
a nusmedian
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1.
n
the middle point, state, or course between limits or extremes
Examples
- I mean it, I mean what I say
- 我是当真的 → mean
- Honors mean little to him.
- 荣誉对他来说是微不足道的。 → mean
- paid no mean sum
- 收入颇高 → mean
- a mean dwelling
- 简陋的住所 → mean
- to throw a mean curve in baseball
- 投得一个呱呱叫的弧线(棒)球 → mean
- to play a mean game of chess
- 出色地胜了一局(棋) → mean
- mean solar time
- 平均太阳时 → solar
- Whatever can he mean by that?
- 他那样说究竟是什么意思? → whatever
- Joking aside, I mean it.
- 不开玩笑(正经地说)，我是说话算数的。 → aside
- What on earth do you mean?
- 你究竟是什么意思？
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