meddle

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
    — […] why ſhouldeſt thou meddle to thy hurt,[…]?
  2. To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense. obsolete
    — […]ſtuddy to be quyet / and to medle with youre owne buſynes[…].
  3. To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend. obsolete
    — [H]e cutt a lock of all their heare, / Which medling with their blood & earth, he threw / Into the graue,[…].
  4. To have sex. US,intransitive,regional
    — But after god came to Adam and bad hym knowe his wyf flesshly as nature requyred / Soo lay Adam with his wyf vnder the same tree / and anone the tree whiche was whyte and ful grene as ony grasse and alle that came oute of hit / and in the same tyme that they medled to gyders there was Abel begoten / thus was the tree longe of grene colour

词形变化

meddles present,singular,third-person meddling participle,present meddled participle,past meddled past medle alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
meddle and make meddlement meddler meddlesome overmeddle

词源

From Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, from Early Medieval Latin misculāre, derived from Latin misceō (“to mix”).
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