mere
[miә]
n. 湖, 塘

a. 仅仅,

[医] , 体



mere
[ noun ]

1. a small pond of standing water

<noun.object>

[ adj ]

1. being nothing more than specified

<adj.all>
a mere child

2. apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

<adj.all>
only the bare facts
shocked by the mere idea
the simple passage of time was enough
the simple truth

Mere \Mere\, n.
A mare. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


Mere \Mere\ (m[=e]r), a. [Superl. {Merest}. The comparative is
rarely or never used.] [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.


Mere \Mere\ (m[=e]r), n. [Written also mar.] [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}.]
A pool or lake. --Drayton. --Tennyson.


Mere \Mere\, n. [Written also meer and mear.] [AS. gem[=ae]re.
[root]269.]
A boundary. --Bacon.


Mere \Mere\ (m[=e]r), v. t.
To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.]

Which meared her rule with Africa. --Spenser.