mercy

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɜːsi/    美 /ˈmɝsi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another. uncountable
    — She took mercy on him and quit embarrassing him.
  2. Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate. uncountable
    — Have mercy on the poor and assist them if you can.
  3. A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion. uncountable
    — Mercy is one of his many virtues.
  4. Instances of forbearance or forgiveness. countable
    — 1982, Bible (NKJV), Psalm 40:11a Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord
  5. A blessing; something to be thankful for. countable
    — It was a mercy that we were not inside when the roof collapsed
  6. A children's game in which two players stand opposite with hands grasped and twist each other's arms until one gives in. uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To feel mercy
    — I despised her; but I mercied her, too, and gave her sweet berries to eat, and led her to my lodge, and said to my best wife, ' Get up from my best skin, for the white squaw is a guest, and is weary.'
  2. To show mercy; to pardon or treat leniently because of mercy
    — In the middle of the room is a young Infanta intended for Marguerite Theresa, born in 1651, daughter of Philip the fourth, whose portrait Velasquez took in 1658, to send to Leopold, who had just been elected Emperor of Germanyd and who mercied her in 1666.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Expressing surprise or alarm.
    — Mercy! Look at the state of you!

词形变化

mercies plural mercies present,singular,third-person mercying participle,present mercied participle,past mercied past

词汇关系

衍生词
angel of mercy at the mercy of bemercy Feast of the Divine Mercy God-a-mercy grand mercy have mercy house of mercy lawks a-mercy laws-a-mercy may God have mercy on your soul merciful mercify merciless merciness mercy bucket mercy buckets mercy chair mercy flush mercy fuck mercy killer mercy killing mercy-killing mercy me mercy rule mercy sake's alive mercy seat nonmercy throw oneself on someone's mercy unmercied unmercy

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mercy, merci, from Anglo-Norman merci (compare continental Old French merci, mercit), from Latin mercēs (“wages, fee, price”), from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Displaced native Old English mildheortnes (literally "mildheartedness"). Cognate with French merci, whence the doublet merci.
词源 2
From Middle English mercy, merci, from Anglo-Norman merci (compare continental Old French merci, mercit), from Latin mercēs (“wages, fee, price”), from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Displaced native Old English mildheortnes (literally "mildheartedness"). Cognate with French merci, whence the doublet merci.
词源 3
From Middle English mercy, merci, from Anglo-Norman merci (compare continental Old French merci, mercit), from Latin mercēs (“wages, fee, price”), from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Displaced native Old English mildheortnes (literally "mildheartedness"). Cognate with French merci, whence the doublet merci.
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