mildとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English milde, from 古期英語 milde (“mild”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat, pound, grind”).

Cognate with Scots mild, myld (“mild”), Saterland Frisian milde (“mild”), West Frisian myld (“mild”), Dutch mild (“mild”), Low German milde (“mild”), German mild (“mild”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål mild (“mild”), Icelandic mildur (“mild”), Latin mollis (“soft, gentle”), Lithuanian malonus (“pleasing, pleasant, kind”), Old Norse mildr.

発音

• enPR: mīld IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪld/
• 韻: -aɪld

形容詞

mild (comparative milder, superlative mildest)

1. Gentle and not easily angered.

   a mild man

2. (of a rule または punishment) Of only moderate severity; not strict.

   He received a mild sentence.

3. Not overly felt or seriously intended.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.

4. (of an illness または pain) Not serious or dangerous.
   • 2002, Rachel Simon, Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey:

     I learn that mental retardation is classified in four levels: mild, moderate, severe, and profound.

   • 2003, Janice A. Gault, Ophthalmology Pearls:

     NPDR can be further classified as mild, moderate, severe, or very severe, which can help predict how quickly the patient may progress to proliferative (neovascular) diabetic retinopathy (PDR).

5. (of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.

   a mild day

   mild weather

6. (of a medicine または cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm.

   a mild anaesthetic

7. (of food, drink, または a drug) Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.

   a mild curry

同意語

• soft, gentle, bland, calm, tranquil, soothing, pleasant, placid, meek, kind, tender, indulgent, clement, mollifying, lenitive, assuasive
• See also Thesaurus:intermediate

反意語

• strong
• harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable

派生語

• draw it mild
• mild-mannered
• mildly
• mildness
• mild steel

名詞

mild (複数形 milds)

1. (Britain) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
   • 1998, Robert Rankin, The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag (page 112)

     'Let me get this for the lady,' I said to Fange, who was pulling her a pint of mild.

   • 2011, Pete Brown, Three Sheets to the Wind:

     But Stella shouldn't really be drunk in pints the same way our dads used to drink bitter or mild that was effectively half as strong.

派生語

• mild and bitter

Further reading

• mild in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• mild in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• mild at OneLook Dictionary Search