size
noun · verb · adjectiveA1- Tiếng Việt:
- kích thước
kích thước. Họ từ SIZE — danh từ: size; động từ: size (up); tính từ: sized.
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
I don't think we have the red one in your size.
What size are you? I mean, what size shoes do you take?
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)(graph theory) The number of edges in a graph.
- 4.
(countable, dated, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls
Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Size”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC..
- 6.
(US, abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of chili size (“hamburger served with chili con carne”).
- 7.
(countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)(obsolete outside dialects) An assize.
- 8.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A regulation, piece of ordinance.
- 9.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
- 10.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
- 11.
(countable, uncountable)A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
- 12.
(countable, uncountable)Wallpaper paste.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
- 2.
(transitive) To classify or arrange by size.
- 3.
(colloquial, transitive)To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
- 4.
(intransitive)To take a greater size; to increase in size.
after 1633 (first published), John Donne, Farewell to Love Our desires give them fashion, and so, / As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow.
- 5.
(UK, obsolete)(UK, Cambridge University, obsolete) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
- 6.
(obsolete, transitive)To swell; to increase the bulk of.
- 7.
(transitive)To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
- 8.
(transitive)To apply a thickening agent (such as cornstarch or gelatin) to warp threads to prevent abrasion or unraveling during weaving.
Cụm từ thường dùng
size up
giới từ đi kèm
right size
cụm thông dụng
size up a situation
cụm thông dụng
Họ từ
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, from Middle English syse, sise (regulation, control, limit), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise (assize), from the verb asseoir (to sit down), from Latin assidēre, composed of ad- + sedeō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Displaced native miċelnes.