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mean指“意欲”时,可接不定式,但不接动名词.
I mean to make his acquaintance.
我想和他熟悉了解下.
mean前可与介词by搭配.
By that word is meant something different.
mean表示“（某词或某语）作什么解释”,用“What does ...mean?”.
What does 'fruit' mean?
名词 mean :
1.an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
同义词:mean value
动词 mean :
1.mean or intend to express or convey
同义词:intend
2.have as a logical consequence
同义词:entail,imply
3.denote or connote
同义词:intend,signify,stand for
4.have in mind as a purpose
同义词:intend,think
5.have a specified degree of importance
6.intend to refer to
同义词:think of,have in mind
7.destine or designate for a certain purpose
形容词 mean :
1.approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
同义词:average
2.characterized by malice
同义词:hateful
3.having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality- Edmund Burke- Shakespeare
同义词:base,meanspirited
4.excellent
5.marked by poverty befitting a beggar
同义词:beggarly
6.(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
同义词:mingy,miserly,tight
7.(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
同义词:beggarly
8.of no value or worth
同义词:bastardly