meek 音标拼音: [m'ik]
a . 温顺的,谦恭的
温顺的,谦恭的
meek adj 1 :
humble in spirit or manner ;
suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness ; "
meek and self -
effacing "
[
synonym : {
meek }, {
mild }, {
modest }]
2 :
very docile ; "
tame obedience "; "
meek as a mouse "-
Langston Hughes [
synonym : {
meek }, {
tame }]
3 :
evidencing little spirit or courage ;
overly submissive or compliant ; "
compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others "; "
a fine fiery blast against meek conformity "-
Orville Prescott ; "
she looked meek but had the heart of a lion "; "
was submissive and subservient " [
synonym :
{
meek }, {
spiritless }]
Meek \
Meek \ (
m [=
e ]
k ),
a . [
Compar . {
Meeker } (
m [=
e ]
k "[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Meekest }.] [
OE .
mek ,
meoc ;
akin to Icel .
mj [=
u ]
kr mild ,
soft ,
Sw .
mjuk ,
Dan .
myg ,
D .
muik ,
Goth .
mukam [=
o ]
dei gentleness .]
1 .
Mild of temper ;
not easily provoked or orritated ;
patient under injuries ;
not vain ,
or haughty ,
or resentful ;
forbearing ;
submissive .
[
1913 Webster ]
Now the man Moses was very meek . --
Num .
xii .
3 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Evincing mildness of temper ,
or patience ;
characterized by mildness or patience ;
as ,
a meek answer ;
a meek face . "
Her meek prayer ." --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Gentle ;
mild ;
soft ;
yielding ;
pacific ;
unassuming ;
humble .
See {
Gentle }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Meek
Meek \
Meek \,
Meeken \
Meek "
en \ (-'
n ),
v .
t .
To make meek ;
to nurture in gentleness and humility . [
Obs .]
--
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "
meek ":
abject ,
accommodating ,
acquiescent ,
adapting ,
adaptive ,
adjusting ,
amenable ,
bland ,
broken ,
chastened ,
compliant ,
deferential ,
docile ,
domesticated ,
dovelike ,
forbearing ,
gentle ,
housebroken ,
humble ,
humble -
minded ,
humble -
spirited ,
humblehearted ,
lamblike ,
lenient ,
long -
suffering ,
lowly ,
manageable ,
meek -
minded ,
meek -
spirited ,
meekhearted ,
mild ,
modest ,
obedient ,
pacific ,
passive ,
patient ,
peaceable ,
poor in spirit ,
quiet ,
reconciled ,
repressed ,
resigned ,
retiring ,
shy ,
spiritless ,
subdued ,
submissive ,
suppressed ,
tame ,
tamed ,
timid ,
tolerant ,
tractable ,
unambitious ,
unaspiring ,
unassuming ,
unboastful ,
uncomplaining ,
unimposing ,
unobtrusive ,
unostentatious ,
unpresuming ,
unpresumptuous ,
unpretending ,
unpretentious ,
unresisting ,
weak ,
yielding
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