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Definition of meed in English: meednoun miːdmid archaic A person's deserved share of praise, honour, etc. he must extract from her some meed of approbation 他一定要从她那儿榨出点自己应得的褒奖。 Example sentencesExamples - In order to understand her meaning, it is necessary to start from a phenomenon which, although old and well recognized, has never received its proper meed of consideration.
- In Victorian match reports there was often a rather charming phrase to the effect that ‘X should be given his meed of praise.’
- Instead of banning the discussion of the 72 virgins of paradise, the alleged meed of the suicide bomber, would it not be much more efficient to make fun of this ludicrous claim?
Synonyms recompense, prize, prize money, winnings, purse, award, honour, decoration, profit, advantage, benefit, bonus, plus, premium
OriginOld English mēd, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Greek misthos 'reward'. Rhymesaccede, bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, deed, Eid, exceed, feed, Gide, God speed, greed, he'd, heed, impede, interbreed, intercede, Jamshid, knead, lead, mead, Mede, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, plead, proceed, read, rede, reed, Reid, retrocede, screed, secede, seed, she'd, speed, stampede, steed, succeed, supersede, Swede, tweed, weak-kneed, we'd, weed Definition of meed in US English: meednounmidmēd archaic A deserved share or reward. 〈古〉应得之份；应得奖赏 he must extract from her some meed of approbation 他一定要从她那儿榨出点自己应得的褒奖。 Example sentencesExamples - Instead of banning the discussion of the 72 virgins of paradise, the alleged meed of the suicide bomber, would it not be much more efficient to make fun of this ludicrous claim?
- In order to understand her meaning, it is necessary to start from a phenomenon which, although old and well recognized, has never received its proper meed of consideration.
- In Victorian match reports there was often a rather charming phrase to the effect that ‘X should be given his meed of praise.’
Synonyms recompense, prize, prize money, winnings, purse, award, honour, decoration, profit, advantage, benefit, bonus, plus, premium
OriginOld English mēd, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Greek misthos ‘reward’. |