mild
英 [ma?ld]
美 [ma?ld]
- adj. 溫和的；輕微的；淡味的；文雅的；不含有害物質的的
- n. （英國的一種）淡味麥芽啤酒
- n. (Mild)人名；(瑞典)米爾德；(德、捷、芬)米爾德
助記提示
1. 根據首輔音決定詞類含義的原理以及 meek 和 mild 的詞源信息猜測，這兩個單詞很可能具有同源性或者親緣關系，它們都來源于古北歐語或者古日耳曼語；它們都很可能與詞根 medi- / mid- 具有同源性或者親緣關系，表示一種不偏不倚、不走極端的中庸路線或狀態。
2. melt => Latin mollis "soft, mild", from root *mel- "soft" => mild.
3. melt => mild.
中文詞源
mild 溫和的，溫柔的，輕微的來自PIE*mel,軟的，詞源同mill,meld,melt.引申詞義溫和的，溫柔的，輕微的等。
英文詞源
- mild
- mild: [OE] Mild goes back ultimately to Indo- European *meld-, *mold-, *mld-, which denoted ‘softness’ and also produced English melt and Latin mollis ‘soft’, source of English mollify and mollusc. From it was derived the Germanic adjective *milthjaz, whose modern descendant has shown remarkable formal stability: German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and English all share the word mild.
=> melt, mollify, mollusc, smelt - mild (adj.)
- Old English milde "gentle, merciful," from Proto-Germanic *milthjaz- (cognates: Old Norse mildr, Old Saxon mildi, Old Frisian milde, Middle Dutch milde, Dutch mild, Old High German milti, German milde "mild," Gothic mildita "kindness"), from PIE *meldh-, from root *mel- "soft," with derivatives referring to soft or softened materials (cognates: Greek malthon "weakling," myle "mill;" Latin molere "to grind;" Old Irish meldach "tender;" Sanskrit mrdh "to neglect," also "to be moist"). Originally of persons and powers; of the weather from c. 1400, of disease from 1744. Also in Old English as an adverb, "mercifully, graciously."
Mild goes further than gentle in expressing softness of nature; it is chiefly a word of nature or character, while gentle is chiefly a word of action. [Century Dictionary]
雙語例句
- 1. His captaincy of the team was ended by mild eye trouble.
- 他由于患輕度眼疾而不再擔任隊長一職。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It wasn't anything serious. A mild stomach upset, that's all.
- 沒什么大不了的。只是胃有點不舒服，沒別的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The wine goes with strong and mild cheese alike.
- 喝這酒的時候可以搭配濃乳酪或淡乳酪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Meteorologists have predicted mild rains for the next few days.
- 氣象學家預測接下來的幾天有小雨。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Mild jaundice in the newborn is common and often clears without treatment.
- 新生兒有輕微的黃疸較為常見，經常不需要治療就能自愈。
來自柯林斯例句