contentadj詞源 1/kənˈtɛnt/

• 1

  Satisfied, pleased, contented.

  • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
  • You, Aubrey, are my most complete man. You're brave, compassionate, kind: a content man. That is your secret—contentment; I am 24 and I've never known it. I'm forever in pursuit, and I don't even know what I am chasing.

contentnoun詞源 1/kənˈtɛnt/

• 1

  Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.

  • They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
  • ‘It is very difficult to […] learn to seek content, instead of happiness.’
• 2

  obsoleteAcquiescence without examination.

  • The sense they humbly take upon content.
• 3

  That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.

  • So will I in England work your grace's full content.
• 4

  An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.

• 5

  A member who votes in assent.

contentintj詞源 1/kənˈtɛnt/

• 1

  archaicAlright, agreed.

contentverb詞源 1/kənˈtɛnt/

• 1

  To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.

  • You can't have any more. You'll have to content yourself with what you already have.
  • And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
• 2

  obsoleteTo satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

  • Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you.

contentadj詞源 2/ˈkɒn.tɛnt/

• 1

  obsoleteContained.

contentnoun詞源 2/ˈkɒn.tɛnt/

• 1

  That which is contained.

• 2

  Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.

  • Although eloquently delivered, the content of the speech was objectionable.
  • You can look up the chapter on special relativity in the table of contents.
• 3

  Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.

  • Some online video creators upload new content every day.
  • Prolific creators manage their voluminous content with any of various content management systems.
• 4

  Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.

  • He moved to California for the content.
• 5

  The amount of material contained.

  • Light beer has a lower alcohol content than regular beer.
• 6

  obsoleteCapacity for containing.

  • Strong ships, of great content.
• 7

  mathematicssciencesThe n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions.

• 8

  algebramathematicssciencesThe greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible.