n.边界v.给予

英文释义

n. Meat.

v. t. & i. To meet.

v. i. & t. To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed.

a. To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.

v. i. To measure.

n. Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.

词干

mete 分配，测量，给予惩罚
→ 来自古英语metan，测量，分配，估计，来自med，测量，词源同measure，medical.引申词义合理的惩罚，给予惩罚。