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Picture a single small spot or sign left on a flat surface — a smudge on a white wall, a scratch on a table, a tick drawn on paper. It is a visible point that stands out from the surface around it, and that tells you something: something touched here, something is meant here, something is true here. Almost every meaning of 'mark', noun or verb, grows from this one picture of leaving (or reading) a small telling sign on a surface.

可以想成：在一片平整的表面上，留下一個小小的、看得出來的點或記號——白牆上的一抹髒污、桌面上的一道刮痕、紙上畫的一個…更多收起可以想成：在一片平整的表面上，留下一個小小的、看得出來的點或記號——白牆上的一抹髒污、桌面上的一道刮痕、紙上畫的一個勾。它是一個從周圍背景中跳出來、被你的眼睛抓住的點，而且它在「說話」：這裡曾被碰過、這裡被指定了、這裡是對的。mark 不論當名詞還是動詞，幾乎所有意思都從這個畫面長出來——在表面上留下、或讀出一個會傳達訊息的小記號。

原始詞典資料70 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Markname/maːk/

  • 1

    A male given name from Latin.

    • "And your name?" she said, "I suppose it's quite unremarkable?" "Very funny." "Mark. It could stand as a symbol of a man, for men as a category," she reflected, "but I don't suppose that's why your mother gave it to you?" "My mother's motives always were impenetrable to me. I was her only child, she wanted a simple life. So she gave me a simple name to go along with it. --- It wasn't a popular name until the nineteenth century. People were put off by King Mark in the Tristram and Iseult."
    • One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.
  • 2

    A surname.

  • 3

    Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.

    • And Barnabas was determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them in Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder from the other; and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.
  • 4

    biblicallifestylereligionThe Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.

  • 5

    A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3747).

marknoun詞源 1/mɑːk/

  • 1

    obsoleteheadingBoundary, land within a boundary.

  • 2

    obsoleteheadingBoundary, land within a boundary.

  • 3

    headingBoundary, land within a boundary.

    • I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was a mark for travellers.
  • 4

    headinghobbieslifestyleBoundary, land within a boundary.

  • 5

    archaicheadingBoundary, land within a boundary.

    • There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.
  • 6

    historicalheadingBoundary, land within a boundary.

  • 7

    headingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • depend upon it, you will speedily receive from me a letter of thanks for this as well as for every other mark of your regard during my stay in Hertfordshire.
  • 8

    headingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.
    • there is surely a physiognomy, which those experienced and master mendicants observe, whereby they instantly discover a merciful aspect, and will single out a face, wherein they spy the signatures and marks of mercy.
另外 26 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    headingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • Then she put before her face her poor crushed hands, which bore on their whiteness the red mark of the Count's terrible grip[…].
  • 10

    headingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • Doubt not of thine election, it is an immutable decree; a mark never to be defaced: you have been otherwise, you may and shall be.
  • 11

    headingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.
  • 12

    headingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.
    • But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?
  • 13

    headingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • In the official marks invested, you / Anon do meet the Senate.
  • 14

    archaicheadingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • patricians of mark
    • a fellow of no mark
  • 15

    headinghuman-scienceslogicCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

  • 16

    headingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • I filled the bottle up to the 500 ml mark.
  • 17

    cookingfoodheadingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or mark 8.
  • 18

    headingnauticaltransportCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

  • 19

    obsoleteheadingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

  • 20

    headingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • I am proud to present my patented travelator, mark two.
  • 21

    headingCharacteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    • The Mark I system had poor radar, and the Mark II was too expensive; regardless, most antiaircraft direction remained the responsibility of the Mark I Eyeball (as the jocular phrase calls it): that is, the operator's eye.
  • 22

    headingScore, grade, or related judgement.

    • What mark did you get in your history test?
  • 23

    headingScore, grade, or related judgement.

  • 24

    headingScore, grade, or related judgement.

    • A mark for tardiness or for absence is considered by most pupils a disgrace, and strenuous efforts are made to avoid such a mark.
  • 25

    headingTarget or indicator.

    • A skilfull archer ought first to know the marke he aimeth at, and then apply his hand, his bow, his string, his arrow and his motion accordingly.
    • To give them an accurate eye and strength of arm, none under twenty-four years of age might shoot at any standing mark, except it was for a rover, and then he was to change his mark at every shot; and no person above that age might shoot at any mark whose distance was less than eleven score yards.
  • 26

    informalheadingTarget or indicator.

    • Another common form of short con is the shell game. This scam has the advantage of giving the criminal the ability to rip off many marks all at one location.
    • [Xi Jinping] asked for Trump's personal attention to the issue, probably figuring he had identified his mark and wasn't going to let him get away.
  • 27

    governmentheadinghobbiesTarget or indicator.

  • 28

    headingAttention.

    • But faults so countenanced, that the strong statutes Stand like the forfeits in a barber's shop, as much in mock as mark
  • 29

    archaicheadingAttention.

    • His last comment is particularly worthy of mark.
  • 30

    headingAttention.

    • in the short story of western flavor he was a pioneer of mark, the founder of a genre: probably no other writer is so significant in his field.
  • 31

    obsoleteheadingAttention.

  • 32

    obsoleteThe female genitals.

    • A mark saies my Lady. Let the mark haue a prick in't, to meate at, if it may be.
    • her thighs were still spread, and the mark lay fair for him, who, now kneeling between them, displayed to us a side-view of that fierce erect machine of his[…].
  • 33

    A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.

  • 34

    Limit or standard of action or fact.

    • to be within the mark
    • to come up to the mark

markverb詞源 1/mɑːk/

  • 1

    To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).

    • to mark a box or bale of merchandise
    • to mark clothing with one's name
  • 2

    To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).

    • See where this pencil has marked the paper.
    • The floor was marked with wine and blood.
  • 3

    To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).

    • The death of his wife, followed by months of being alone, had marked him with guilt and shame and had left an unbreaking loneliness on him.
    • What Uncle Marc had been through as a slave marked him, I’m sure, but I don’t know how much. How can you know what a man would be like if he had grown up unmarked by horror?
  • 4

    To create an indication of (a location).

    • She folded over the corner of the page to mark where she left off reading.
    • Some animals mark their territory by urinating.
  • 5

    To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.

    • This monument marks the spot where Wolfe died.
    • A bell marked the end of visiting hours.
  • 6

    To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.

    • Prices are marked on individual items.
    • In her Bible, the words of Christ were marked in red.
  • 7

    To create (a mark) on a surface.

    • […] on opening it [the handkerchief], I saw an S mark’d in one of the corners.
    • I mark this cross of blood upon you, as a sign that I do it.
  • 8

    To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.

    • The national holiday is marked by fireworks.
    • It was only four thirty but Gerald was marking his guests’ arrival with a Pimm’s, […]
另外 16 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).

    • His courage and energy marked him as a leader.
    • […] the son approached her with a cheerful eagerness which marked her as his peculiar object,
  • 10

    To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.

    • The new captain would read the fitness report and mark him once and for all as an unreliable fool […]
  • 11

    To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.

    • When a king, hath once markt for his hate, / A man inferior; […] / […] euermore, he rakes vp in his brest, / Brands of quicke anger;
    • […] I know now that humankind marks certain people for death.
  • 12

    To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.

    • The creek marks the boundary between the two farms.
    • That summer marked the beginning of her obsession with cycling.
  • 13

    To be typical or characteristic of (something).

    • […] he still retained that simple, unostentatious elegance, that marks the man of real fashion—
    • “Ah,” replied Roger Chillingworth, with that quietness which […] marked all his deportment,
  • 14

    To distinguish (one person or thing from another).

    • Indeed the smoke was such they scarce could mark Their friends from foes,
    • Despite their obvious differences these poets had a common view of life which marks them from their predecessors […]
  • 15

    To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.

    • Mark my words: that boy’s up to no good.
    • More are men’s ends mark’d than their lives before:
  • 16

    datedTo become aware of (something) through the physical senses.

    • Some of them [the Animals] coming forward near the place where I lay, gave me an opportunity of distinctly marking their Form.
    • He bent his eyes involuntarily upon the father as he spoke, and marked his uneasiness, for he coloured directly and turned his head away.
  • 17

    To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.

    • I marked my man, standing on the catwalk, and waited to throw [my javelin] till he started to climb inboard before they rammed.
  • 18

    To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).

    • The teacher had to spend her weekend marking all the tests.
    • Under the proposals, an assurance is given that GBR (in the words of the plan) will not be marking its own homework.
  • 19

    To record that (someone) has a particular status.

    • to mark a student absent.
  • 20

    To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.

    • to mark the points in a game of billiards or a card game
    • Dan was to mark while the doctor and I played [billiards].
  • 21

    hobbieslifestylesportsTo follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.

  • 22

    To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.

  • 23

    golfhobbieslifestyleTo put a marker in the place of one's ball.

  • 24

    To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.

marknoun詞源 2/mɑːk/

  • 1

    historicalA half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.

  • 2

    historicalSimilar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.

    • As a reward for his poetry, Athelstan gave Egil two more gold rings weighing a mark each, along with an expensive cloak that the king himself had worn.
  • 3

    historicalA half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.

    • George, on receiving it, instantly rose from the side of one of them, and said, in the hearing of them all, ‘I will bet a hundred merks that is Drummond.’
    • He had been made a royal counsellor, drawing a substantial annual salary of a hundred marks.
  • 4

    historicalOther similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.

marknoun詞源 3/mɑːk/

  • 1

    historicalA former currency of Germany and West Germany.

    • Aus der Geschichte der menschlichen Dummheit. By Dr. Max Kemmerich. Price 3 mark 50 pfennige. Bavaria: Verlag Albert Langen, Munich.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。