English-Thai Dictionary

mere

ADJ บริสุทธิ์  ไม่มี สิ่งเจือปน  แท้ๆ  bo-ri-sud

 

mere

ADJ เพียง เท่านั้น  ไม่ เกิน กว่า  เท่านั้น  small minor insignificant piang-tao-nan

 

mere

N บึง (ทาง วรรณ กรรม  ทะเลสาบ  หนองน้ำ  สระน้ำ  buangpiang-tao-nan

 

merely

ADV เพียง เท่านั้น  เพียงแต่  เท่านั้น  อย่าง ง่ายๆ  only exclusively piang-tio-nan

 

meretricious

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น กริยา ท่าทาง ของ โสเภ ณี  sueng-pen-kri-ya-ta-tang-kong-so-pe-ne

 

meretricious

ADJ น่า ดึงดูดใจ แต่เพียง ภายนอก  หรูหรา แต่เพียง ภายนอก  tawdry garish gaudy showy flashy na-duang-dud-jai-tea-piang-pai-nok

 

meretricious

ADJ หลอกลวง  เสแสร้ง  spurious sham false pretentious true lok-luang

 

meretriciously

ADV อย่าง หลอกลวง  yang-lok-luang

 

meretriciousness

N ความ หลอกลวง  kwam-lok-luang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MERE

a.[L. merus. ] This or that only; distinct from any thing else. From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of a nation.
What if the head, the eye or ear repin'd
To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?
1. Absolute; entire.

 

MERE

n.[L. mare. See Moor. ] A pool or lake.

 

MERE

n.[Gr. to divide. ] A boundary; used chiefly in the compound, mere-stone.

 

MERE

v.t.To divide, limit or bound.

 

MERELY

adv. Purely; only; solely; thus and no other way; for this and no other purpose. Price not your life for other ends
Than merely to oblige your friends.

 

MERETRICIOUS

a.[L. meretricius, from meretrix, a prostitute. ] 1. Pertaining to prostitutes; such as in practiced by harlots; as meretricious arts.
2. Alluring by false show; worn for disguise; having a gaudy but deceitful appearance; false; as meretricious dress or ornaments.
MERETRICIOUSLY, adv. In the manner of prostitutes; with deceitful enticements.

 

MERETRICIOUSNESS

n.The arts of a prostitute; deceitful enticements.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MERE

Mere, n. Etym: [Written also mar. ] Etym: [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. ]

 

Defn: A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson.

 

MERE

Mere, n. Etym: [Written also meer and mear. ] Etym: [AS. gemære. sq. root269.]

 

Defn: A boundary. Bacon.

 

MERE

MERE Mere, v. t.

 

Defn: To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs. ] Which meared her rule with Africa. Spenser.

 

MERE

MERE Mere, n.

 

Defn: A mare. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

MERE

Mere, a. [Superl. Merest. The comparative is rarely or never used. ]Etym: [L. merus. ]

 

1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. Then entered they the mere, main sea. Chapman. The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. Atterbury.

 

MERELY

MERELY Mere "ly, adv.

 

1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely naked. Chapman.

 

2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. Prize not your life for other ends Than merely to obige your friends. Swift.

 

Syn. -- Solely; simply; purely; barely; scarcely.

 

MERENCHYMA

Me *ren "chy *ma, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. -enchyma, as in parenchyma. ](Bot. )

 

Defn: Tissue composed of spheroidal cells.

 

MERESMAN

MERESMAN Meres "man, n.

 

Defn: An officer who ascertains meres or boundaries. [Eng. ]

 

MERESTEAD

Mere "stead, n. Etym: [Mere boundary + stead place. ]

 

Defn: The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. [Archaic. ] Longfellow.

 

MERESTONE

MERESTONE Mere "stone `, n.

 

Defn: A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark. Bacon.

 

MERETRICIOUS

Mer `e *tri "cious, a. Etym: [L. meretricius, from meretrix, -icis, a prostitute, lit. , one who earns money, i. e., by prostitution, fr. merere to earn, gain. See Merit. ]

 

1. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.

 

2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments. -- Mer `e *tri "cious *ly, adv. -- Mer `e *tri "cious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mere

mere 1 |mɪə | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is: questions that cannot be answered by mere mortals | the city is a mere 20 minutes from some stunning countryside. • used to emphasize that the fact of something being present in a situation is enough to influence that situation: his stomach rebelled at the mere thought of food. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the senses ‘pure ’ and ‘sheer, downright ’): from Latin merus ‘undiluted ’.

 

mere

mere 1 |mi (ə )r mɪ (ə )r | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] that is solely or no more or better than what is specified: it happened a mere decade ago | questions that cannot be answered by mere mortals. • (the merest ) the smallest or slightest: the merest hint of makeup. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the senses ‘pure ’ and ‘sheer, downright ’): from Latin merus ‘undiluted. ’

 

mere

mere 2 |mɪ (ə )r mi (ə )r | ▶noun chiefly literary a lake, pond, or arm of the sea. ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meer ‘lake ’ and German Meer ‘sea, ’ from an Indo-European root shared by Russian more and Latin mare .

 

mere

mere 3 |ˈmɛri | ▶noun a Maori war club, especially one made of greenstone. ORIGIN Maori.

 

Meredith, George

Meredith, George |ˈmɛrədɪθ | (1828 –1909 ), English novelist and poet. His semi-autobiographical verse collection Modern Love (1862 ) describes the disillusionment of married love. Other notable works: The Egoist (novel, 1871 ).

 

Meredith, James

Mer e dith, James |ˈmerədiTH ˈmɛrədɪθ | (1933 –), US civil rights activist; full name James Howard Meredith. In 1962, he became the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi after 3,000 troops quelled riots. He wrote Three Years in Mississippi (1966 ) and Mississippi: A Volume of Eleven Books (1995 ).

 

merely

mere ly |ˈmi (ə )rlē ˈmɪ (ə )rli | ▶adverb just; only: she seemed to him not merely an intelligent woman, but a kind of soul mate.

 

merengue

me ren gue |məˈreNGgā məˌrɛŋɡeɪ | ▶noun a Caribbean style of dance music typically in duple and triple time, chiefly associated with Dominica and Haiti. • a style of dancing associated with such music, with alternating long and short stiff-legged steps. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: probably American Spanish; compare perhaps with the sense ‘upheaval, disorder, ’ attested in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

 

mereology

mereology |ˌmɛrɪˈɒlədʒi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Philosophy the abstract study of the relations between parts and wholes. DERIVATIVES mereological adjective ORIGIN 1940s: from French, formed irregularly from Greek meros ‘part ’ + -logy .

 

mere right

mere right ▶noun Law a right to property with no right to possession.

 

meretricious

mer e tri cious |merəˈtriSHəs ˈˌmɛrəˈˌtrɪʃəs | ▶adjective 1 apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity: meretricious souvenirs for the tourist trade. 2 archaic of, relating to, or characteristic of a prostitute. DERIVATIVES mer e tri cious ly adverb, mer e tri cious ness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin meretricius (adjective from meretrix, meretric- ‘prostitute, ’ from mereri ‘be hired ’) + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

mere

mere 1 |mɪə | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is: questions that cannot be answered by mere mortals | the city is a mere 20 minutes from some stunning countryside. • used to emphasize that the fact of something being present in a situation is enough to influence that situation: his stomach rebelled at the mere thought of food. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the senses ‘pure ’ and ‘sheer, downright ’): from Latin merus ‘undiluted ’.

 

mere

mere 2 |mɪə | ▶noun Brit., chiefly literary a lake or pond. ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meer ‘lake ’ and German Meer ‘sea ’, from an Indo-European root shared by Russian more and Latin mare .

 

mere

mere 3 |ˈmɛri | ▶noun a Maori war club, especially one made of greenstone. ORIGIN Maori.

 

Meredith, George

Meredith, George |ˈmɛrədɪθ | (1828 –1909 ), English novelist and poet. His semi-autobiographical verse collection Modern Love (1862 ) describes the disillusionment of married love. Other notable works: The Egoist (novel, 1871 ).

 

Meredith, James

Mer e dith, James |ˈmerədiTH ˈmɛrədɪθ | (1933 –), US civil rights activist; full name James Howard Meredith. In 1962, he became the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi after 3,000 troops quelled riots. He wrote Three Years in Mississippi (1966 ) and Mississippi: A Volume of Eleven Books (1995 ).

 

merely

mere ¦ly |ˈmɪəli | ▶adverb just; only: Gary, a silent boy, merely nodded.

 

merengue

merengue |məˈrɛŋgeɪ |(also meringue ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a Caribbean style of dance music, typically in duple and triple time. • a style of dancing associated with merengue, with alternating long and short stiff-legged steps. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: probably American Spanish; compare with the sense ‘upheaval, disorder ’, attested in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

 

mereology

mereology |ˌmɛrɪˈɒlədʒi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Philosophy the abstract study of the relations between parts and wholes. DERIVATIVES mereological adjective ORIGIN 1940s: from French, formed irregularly from Greek meros ‘part ’ + -logy .

 

mere right

mere right ▶noun Law a right to property with no right to possession.

 

meretricious

meretricious |ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs | ▶adjective 1 apparently attractive but having no real value: meretricious souvenirs for the tourist trade. 2 archaic relating to or characteristic of a prostitute. DERIVATIVES meretriciously adverb, meretriciousness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin meretricius (adjective from meretrix, meretric- ‘prostitute ’, from mereri ‘be hired ’) + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mere

mere adjective it costs a mere $11.00: no more than, just, only, merely; no better than; a paltry, a measly, an insignificant, an ordinary, a minor, a little, a piddling, a piffling.

 

merely

merely adverb the buttons are merely decorative: only, purely, solely, simply, just, but.

 

meretricious

meretricious adjective the meretricious glitter of the whole charade: worthless, valueless, cheap, tawdry, trashy, Brummagem, tasteless, kitsch, kitschy; false, artificial, fake, imitation; informal tacky, chintzy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mere

mere adjective 1 it costs a mere £29.95: trifling, meagre, bare, trivial, paltry, basic, scant, scanty, skimpy, minimal, slender; no more than, just, only. 2 I was a mere boy at the time: no more than, nothing more than, no better than, no more important than, just, only, merely; unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential.

 

merely

merely adverb they were merely exercising their rights: only, purely, solely, simply, entirely, just, but.

 

meretricious

meretricious adjective the meretricious glitter of the whole charade: flashy, pretentious, gaudy, tawdry, trashy, garish, chintzy, Brummagem, loud, tinselly, cheap, tasteless, kitschy; false, artificial, fake, faked, fraudulent, imitation, bogus, spurious, sham, specious, plastic; informal tacky. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS meretricious or meritorious? Similar in form, these words are opposite in meaning. Meretricious is used of something with a superficial attractiveness that conceals its essential worthlessness (the artist had been content to churn out meretricious souvenirs for tourists ). Meritorious, on the other hand, means ‘deserving reward, worthy ’ (he received a medal for meritorious conduct ).These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Duden Dictionary

Meredith

Me re dith Eigenname |M e redith …dɪθ |englischer Schriftsteller

 

Meredith

Me re dith Substantiv, maskulin Problemschach , der |M e redith |der Meredith; Genitiv: des Merediths, Plural: die Merediths nach dem Namen eines Engländers, der Schachprobleme erfand Sammelname für alle [orthodoxen ] Schachprobleme mit 8 bis 12 Steinen

 

Merengue

Me ren gue Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, feminin , der oder die |meˈrɛnɡu̯e |der Merengue; Genitiv: des Merengue [s ], Plural: die Merengues oder die Merengue; Genitiv: der Merengue, Plural: die Merengues 1 (im 19. Jahrhundert entstandene ) lateinamerikanische Musikrichtung, die durch einen rhythmisch eingängigen 24 -Takt gekennzeichnet ist und besonders in der Dominikanischen Republik beliebt ist spanisch (Hispanola ) merengue, vielleicht unter Anlehnung an (3 ) umgebildet aus einem afrikanischen Wort 2 lateinamerikanischer Tanz, der zu Merengue 1 getanzt wird spanisch (Hispanola ) merengue, vielleicht unter Anlehnung an (3 ) umgebildet aus einem afrikanischen Wort 3 spanische Form von Meringe

 

French Dictionary

mère

mère n. f. nom féminin 1 Femme qui a donné naissance à un ou à plusieurs enfants. : Elle est la mère de quatre enfants. La fête des Mères. 2 Supérieure d ’une communauté religieuse. : La mère supérieure. Note Typographique Les titres religieux s ’écrivent avec une minuscule. Elle a prié mère Marie de l ’Incarnation. 3 en apposition Origine. : Des cellules mères. Note Grammaticale En apposition, le nom s ’écrit sans trait d ’union et les deux mots prennent la marque du pluriel. LOCUTIONS Maison mère. Établissement dont dépend un ordre religieux. Note Technique Pour une entreprise commerciale, on dit plutôt siège social. Mère porteuse. Femme qui a été inséminée artificiellement afin de donner naissance à l ’enfant d ’un autre couple. : Des mères porteuses. Mère poule. Mère qui entoure ses enfants exagérément. : Des mères poules possessives. Reine mère. Note Technique Cette locution, où le mot mère est en apposition, s ’écrit sans trait d ’union.

 

mère-grand

mère -grand n. f. (pl. mères -grand ) nom féminin vieux Grand-mère. : La mère -grand du petit Chaperon rouge.

 

Spanish Dictionary

merecedor, -ra

merecedor, -ra adjetivo Que merece :la selección alemana jugó muy bien y fue merecedora de ganar el campeonato .

 

merecer

merecer verbo transitivo /verbo pronominal 1 Estar [una persona ] en situación de que se le deba algo :creo que merecía ganar; no merece tantas atenciones .2 Estar [una cosa ] en situación de que se le deba una atención :estos asuntos se merecen un mayor interés por parte del Gobierno; el ensayista presenta en su obra una hipótesis que merece ser comprobada .3 verbo intransitivo Hacer méritos con la intención de conseguir algo :libre de dones por los que merecer, le regaló unos zarcillos largos en señal de agradecimiento . VÉASE edad de merecer; en estado de merecer; merecer la pena . Conjugación [43 ] como agradecer .

 

merecidamente

merecidamente adverbio Con razón, justicia o merecimiento :la selección triunfó merecidamente ante un pobre rival, falto de ideas .

 

merecido

merecido nombre masculino Castigo que se considera justo y apropiado para alguien :se llevó su merecido; te voy a dar tu merecido .

 

merecimiento

merecimiento nombre masculino 1 Hecho de merecer algo :el ser humano puede sentir y entender su enfermedad como una prueba, más precisamente como una prueba moral, bien en el sentido del merecimiento, bien en el de la distinción .2 Derecho a recibir reconocimiento por algo que uno ha hecho :el equipo visitante se llevó los tres puntos con todo merecimiento .SINÓNIMO mérito .3 Acción, cualidad o circunstancia que hace merecer algo :García logró en el minuto 50 el tanto de la victoria, aunque, por sus merecimientos, pudo haber logrado tres o cuatro goles más .SINÓNIMO mérito .

 

merendar

merendar verbo transitivo /verbo intransitivo 1 Tomar algo como merienda a media tarde ¿quieres un poco de leche con galletas para merendar? 2 merendarse verbo pronominal Esp coloquial Derrotar o dominar rápidamente a alguien en una competición o disputa :el equipo español se merendó al italiano en la segunda parte del encuentro . Conjugación [27 ] como acertar .

 

merendero

merendero nombre masculino 1 Esp Lugar al aire libre provisto de mesas y asientos al que se va a comer, generalmente llevando la propia comida .2 Esp Establecimiento donde se sirven comidas y bebidas y que dispone de mesas al aire libre para los clientes; suele estar situado en el campo o cerca de la playa :los invitados fueron a celebrar la boda a un merendero que había junto al Manzanares, con sus sillas y mesas de madera debajo de un emparrado medio seco . VÉASE cuervo merendero .

 

merendola

merendola nombre femenino Esp coloquial Merienda abundante y variada en la que generalmente participan varias personas .SINÓNIMO merendona .

 

merendona

merendona nombre femenino Esp coloquial Merendola .

 

merengar

merengar verbo transitivo 1 Batir la leche, mezclada con clara de huevo, azúcar y canela, para que adquiera consistencia de merengue .2 Esp coloquial Estropear [una persona ] una situación que resulta agradable molestando de forma insistente .SINÓNIMO jorobar . VÉASE leche merengada . Conjugación [7 ] como llegar .

 

merengue

merengue nombre masculino 1 Dulce elaborado con claras de huevo batidas a punto de nieve y mezcladas con azúcar lustre o almíbar; se puede consumir crudo o cocido al horno, en cuyo caso queda crocante o crujiente :en esta pastelería también hacen merengues con sabor a algunas frutas; este postre queda muy bueno con merengue por arriba .2 Composición musical de origen dominicano, popular en otras zonas del Caribe, de ritmo rápido en compás de dos por cuatro, en el que tiene especial protagonismo la percusión y se alternan estrofas y estribillo con partes en que un coro responde a la voz principal .3 Baile de ritmo rápido que se ejecuta al ritmo de esta música .4 Persona delicada y débil :eres un merengue, no puedes pasar un día sin quejarte .5 adjetivo /nombre común coloquial Del Real Madrid C. F. o relacionado con este club deportivo español :la plantilla merengue se preparaba para el partido liguero .6 nombre masculino RPlata coloquial Situación en la que predomina el desorden, el caos y la confusión :se armó tal merengue en el espectáculo, que nadie podía encontrar su plaza reservada con anticipación .

 

merequetengue

merequetengue nombre masculino Guat, Méx Situación o asunto confuso, desordenado, problemático o difícil de resolver .SINÓNIMO lío .

 

meresunda

meresunda nombre femenino Arg coloquial Merequetengue :si descubrían la mentira se iba a armar una meresunda .

 

meretriz

meretriz nombre femenino formal Mujer que tiene relaciones sexuales a cambio de dinero .SINÓNIMO prostituta .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mere

mere 1 /mɪə r /〖語源は 「純粋の 」〗(副 )merely 形容詞 比較なし (!意味を強めるのにthe merest /mɪ́ ə rəst /を用いることがある ) 〖名詞 の前で 〗ほんの , 単なる ; 単に [まったく ]…にすぎない (only )▸ Tim lost the election by a mere 200 votes .ティムはたった200票の差で選挙に負けた (!数を伴う複数形名詞の場合a mere …; →a 15 ) ▸ Kate is a mere child .ケイトはほんの子供にすぎない (≒Kate is merely [only ] a child. )▸ The mere sight of the tiger made him faint .そのトラを見ただけで彼は気絶した ▸ The mere fact that everybody is alive is a miracle .全員が生きているというだけで奇跡だ ▸ My sister found it by the merest chance .本当にまったくの偶然で妹はそれを見つけた

 

mere

mere 2 名詞 C ｟英文 ｠湖, 池 ; …湖 .

 

merely

mere ly /mɪ́ə r li /→mere 1 副詞 比較なし ｟かたく ｠〖名詞句の前で 〗単なる , ただの ; 〖動詞 などの前で 〗単に , ただ (only, simply ) (!他意のないことを強調する ) ▸ I said so merely as a joke .ただの冗談にそう言ったまでです ▸ History is not merely a sum of events .歴史は単に出来事の総和ではない (!「merely a ＋名詞 」の語順に注意 ) ▸ I merely wanted to please him .私は単に彼を喜ばせたかった ▸ merely because …ただ …という理由だけで n ó t m è rely A, but (à lso ) B ＝not only A but (also ) B .

 

meretricious

mer e tri cious /mèrətrɪ́ʃəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠見かけだけの, 見かけ倒しの .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞