mead


n. 蜂蜜酒;草地

n. (Mead)人名;(英)米德

中文词源

mead 蜂蜜酒

来自古英语medu,来自Proto-Germanic*meduz,来自PIE*medhu,蜜,甜饮料。词源同梵语madhu,常见于印度人名。该印欧语词借自史前Finno-Ugric语,有学者猜测该词最终可能来自汉语蜜。比较mare,silk.

英文词源

mead
mead: [OE] Mead goes back ultimately to Indo- European *medhu- which meant ‘sweet drink’ (it was also the source of Greek méthu ‘wine’, from which English gets methyl [19] and hence methylated spirits [19]). Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was *meduz, from which come German met, Dutch mede, Swedish mjöd, and Danish mjød as well as English mead.
=> methyl
mead (n.1)
"fermented honey drink," Old English medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz (cognates: Old Norse mjöðr, Danish mjød, Old Frisian and Middle Dutch mede, Old High German metu, German Met "mead"), from PIE root *medhu- "honey, sweet drink" (cognates: Sanskrit madhu "sweet, sweet drink, wine, honey," Greek methy "wine," Old Church Slavonic medu, Lithuanian medus "honey," Old Irish mid, Welsh medd, Breton mez "mead"). Synonymous but unrelated early Middle English meþeglin yielded Chaucer's meeth.
mead (n.2)
"meadow," Old English mæd, Anglian med "meadow, pasture," from Proto-Germanic *medwo (cognates: Old Frisian mede, Dutch made, German Matte "meadow," Old English mæþ "harvest, crop"), from PIE *metwa- "a mown field," from root *me- (4) "mow, cut down grass or grain" (see mow (v.)). Now only archaic or poetic.

中文解释

谐音“蜜的”。

实用例句

1. Mead calls the group "rabidly right-wing".
米德把该团体称为“激进右翼团体”。
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2. Lake Mead is a body of water fed by the Colorado River.
密德湖是一个人工湖,由科罗拉多河供水.
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3. Lake Mead is a body of waterby the Colorado River.
(第二句)密德湖是一个人工湖,源自科罗拉多河的河水.
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4. Mrs. Mead is looking for a chair in rococo style.
米德夫人想买一个洛可可式的椅子.
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5. Mr. Mead was a Johnny - come - lately who lost an opportunity to get rich.
米德先生是位丢掉过一个赚大钱的机会的新成员.
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