sizenoun詞源 1/saɪz/

• 1

  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.
  • Ashley: Look at the size of that ship! Kaidan: The Ascension. Flagship of the Citadel fleet. Joker: Well, size isn't everything. Ashley: Why so touchy, Joker? Joker: I'm just saying you need firepower, too.
• 2

  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

  graph-theorymathematicssciencesThe number of edges in a graph.

• 4

  datedDegree of rank, ability, character, etc.

  • men of a less size and quality**
  • the middle or lower size of people
• 5

  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

  obsoletedialectalAn assize.

  • I know you would have women above the law, but it is all a lye; I heard his lordship say at size, that no one is above the law.
• 7

  obsoleteA regulation, piece of ordinance.

• 8

  obsoleteA regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.

sizeverb詞源 1/saɪz/

• 1

  To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.

  • a statute […] to size weights, and measures
  • I milled all the stock to size, and because it was air-dried, I did it in stages. […] Once the material is sized, it's time to cut the finger joints, which are really the star of the show.
• 2

  governmentmilitarypoliticsTo classify or arrange by size.

• 3

  businessminingTo classify or arrange by size.

• 4

  biochemistrybiologychemistryTo classify or arrange by size.

  • However, SDS-PAGE consistently sized most of the proteins smaller than the ProteoAnalyzer, resulting in a larger percent difference between the two systems.
• 5

  To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.

• 6

  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.
• 7

  obsoleteTo order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.

• 8

  obsoleteTo swell; to increase the bulk of.

  • 2. Queen.[…]lend us a knee; But touch the ground for us no longer time Then a Doves motion, when the head's pluckt off: ell him if he i'th blood cizd field, lay swolne Showing the Sun his Teeth; grinning at the Moone What you would doe.

sizenoun詞源 2/saɪz/

• 1

  A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.

  • The beginning of a new episode of work for Bradly was an agitated niggling over six-by-four squares of cardboard coated with size and white lead, prepared by himself to save an experimental waste of canvas.
• 2

  Wallpaper paste.

• 3

  The thickened crust on coagulated blood.

• 4

  Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.

sizeverb詞源 2/saɪz/

• 1

  To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.

• 2

  To apply a thickening agent (such as cornstarch or gelatin) to warp threads to prevent abrasion or unraveling during weaving.

  • After spinning, the singles are either dyed for sale as thread or sized with cornstarch, woven into fabric, and sewn into garments and accessories that are dyed after completion.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• chili size
• sice