mere 音标拼音: [m'ɪr]
n . 小湖,池塘
a . 仅仅的,只不过的
小湖,池塘仅仅的,只不过的
mere adj 1 :
being nothing more than specified ; "
a mere child "
2 :
apart from anything else ;
without additions or modifications ;
"
only the bare facts "; "
shocked by the mere idea "; "
the simple passage of time was enough "; "
the simple truth " [
synonym :
{
bare (
a )}, {
mere (
a )}, {
simple (
a )}]
n 1 :
a small pond of standing water Mere \
Mere \ (
m [=
e ]
r ),
v .
t .
To divide ,
limit ,
or bound . [
Obs .]
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Which meared her rule with Africa . --
Spenser .
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Mere \
Mere \,
n .
A mare . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Mere \
Mere \ (
m [=
e ]
r ),
a . [
Superl . {
Merest }.
The comparative is rarely or never used .] [
L .
merus .]
1 .
Unmixed ;
pure ;
entire ;
absolute ;
unqualified .
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Then entered they the mere ,
main sea . --
Chapman .
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The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed .
--
Jer .
Taylor .
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2 .
Only this ,
and nothing else ;
such ,
and no more ;
simple ;
bare ;
as ,
a mere boy ;
a mere form .
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From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation . --
Atterbury .
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mere \-
mere \ [
Gr . ?
part .]
A combining form meaning part ,
portion ;
as ,
blastomere ,
epimere .
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Mere \
Mere \ (
m [=
e ]
r ),
n . [
Written also mar .] [
OE .
mere ,
AS .
mere mere ,
sea ;
akin to D .
meer lake ,
OS .
meri sea ,
OHG .
meri ,
mari ,
G .
meer ,
Icel .
marr ,
Goth .
marei ,
Russ .
more ,
W .
mor ,
Ir . &
Gael .
muir ,
L .
mare ,
and perh .
to L .
mori to die ,
and meaning originally ,
that which is dead ,
a waste .
Cf .
{
Mortal }, {
Marine }, {
Marsh }, {
Mermaid }, {
Moor }.]
A pool or lake . --
Drayton . --
Tennyson .
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Mere \
Mere \,
n . [
Written also meer and mear .] [
AS .
gem [=
ae ]
re .
[
root ]
269 .]
A boundary . --
Bacon .
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39 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mere ":
absolute ,
austere ,
bare ,
basic ,
chaste ,
elementary ,
essential ,
fundamental ,
homely ,
homespun ,
homogeneous ,
indivisible ,
irreducible ,
just ,
monolithic ,
of a piece ,
only ,
plain ,
primal ,
primary ,
pure ,
pure and simple ,
scant ,
severe ,
sheer ,
simon -
pure ,
simple ,
single ,
spare ,
stark ,
unadorned ,
uncluttered ,
undifferenced ,
undifferentiated ,
undiluted ,
unenhanced ,
uniform ,
unmitigated ,
unmixed
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MERE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of MERE is being nothing more than How to use mere in a sentence
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mere - Wiktionary, the free dictionary mere (plural meres) (dialectal or literary) A body of standing water, such as a lake or a pond (formerly even a body of seawater), especially a broad, shallow one
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