Kernname/kɝn/

• 1

  A surname.

• 2

  An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.

• 3

  A river in California, United States.

kernnoun詞源 1/kɜːn/

• 1

  obsoletedialectalA corn; grain; kernel.

• 2

  obsoletedialectalThe last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest.

• 3

  obsoletedialectalThe harvest home.

• 4

  obsoletedialectalA doll or figurine raised in celebration of a successful harvest; kern-baby.

kernnoun詞源 2/kɜːn/

• 1

  mediapublishingtypographyAny part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter.

  • A few types have a portion of the face letter projecting over the body, as in the letter f ; this projection is called the kern, and in combination with other letters the projecting part generally extends over the next letter, as in fe. In those combinations, wherein the kern would come in contact with another letter, compound types are cast, as in the case of ff, fi, fl, ffi, ffl.

kernverb詞源 2/kɜːn/

• 1

  mediapublishingtypographyTo adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs); to perform such adjustments to a portion of text, according to preset rules.

  • If you need to kern anything beyond the most commonly used pairs, you can use applications software such as Adobe PageMaker to customize pairs.
  • Especially consider kerning if you are printing on a relatively high-resolution printer, such as a 600-dpi (dots per inch) laser printer.

kernnoun詞源 3/kɜːn/

• 1

  archaichistoricalA light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt.

  • O then belike she was old and gentle; and you rode like a kern of Ireland, your French hose off and in your strait strossers.
  • ‘O haste thee, and from Allan learn / If thou mayst trust yon wily kern.’
• 2

  obsoleteA boor; a low person.

  • Yet it was held that the testimony of the common beadle of the parish, an officer of police, a vulgar, stupid kern, who stood before your own eyes, a very dolt to look on, in all the stark-staring hebetude of just wit enough to be spiteful—was to be credited as to the sense and meaning of an oration, his understanding was to be respected, and his representation trusted, where the Lord Chief Justice of England was in error.
  • To think that such a lowly kern Should dare to dream to be allied By wedlock to a royal bairn!
• 3

  obsoleteAn idler; a vagabond.

  • The villain kernes Who keep me fettered here.

kernnoun詞源 5/kɜːn/

• 1

  A churn.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• quern