bemean

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To mean; signify; inform. obsolete,transitive
  2. To make mean or base, demean.
    — I fished carefully, used wet flies and dry, all that I had in my book, and even bemeaned myself by baiting a plain hook with a grasshopper.

词形变化

bemeans present,singular,third-person bemeaning participle,present bemeant participle,past bemeant past bemene alternative bemeans present,singular,third-person bemeaning participle,present bemeaned participle,past bemeaned past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bemenen, equivalent to be- + mean (“to signify”). Compare Middle High German bemeinen (“to mean”).
词源 2
From be- + mean (“base, lowly”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of Middle English imene (“average, lowly, mean”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common, average”). More at mean.
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