math

名词 n. 动词 v.
/mɑːθ/    /mæθ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Clipping of mathematics. Canada,Philippines,US,abbreviation,alt-of
    — Clarke stumbled into music by way of a high school course he took to raise his grades. "Music was a bird course. I had more interest in math, science, and women", he divulged.
  2. A mowing; what is gathered from mowing. archaic
  3. Clipping of matha. Hinduism,Jainism,abbreviation,alt-of,clipping
  4. Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math). Canada,Philippines,US,informal,uncountable
    — If you do the math, you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.
  5. A math course or class. Canada,Philippines,US,countable,informal
    — They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate.
动词 v.
  1. To perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math colloquial,informal
  2. To add up, compute; (by extension) to make sense. slang
    — Wait. This doesn't make sense. I mean, the math is not mathing.

词形变化

maths plural maths alternative,Australia,New-Zealand,UK maths present,singular,third-person mathing participle,present mathed participle,past mathed past maths alternative,Australia,New-Zealand,UK maths plural maths plural

词源

词源 1
Clipping of mathematics.
词源 2
From Middle English math, from Old English mǣþ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”), from Proto-Germanic *mēþą (“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”); equivalent to mow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”), West Frisian mêd (“area of land that can be mown in one day; domain, realm”). Related also to Old English mǣd (“mead, meadow, pasture”). See meadow.
词源 3
Contraction of matha.
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