英和和英

動詞

meting

1. present participle and gerund of mete

名詞

meting (plural metings)

1. The act of one who metes; a distribution or handing out.
   • 1964, William K. Bottorff, Twayne's United States Authors Series, volume 56, page 72:

     We are far more apt to yawn than to weep as we make our way through this series of loosely connected incidents, of unmotivated actions, of contrived metings-out of justice.

語源 1

From mētan (“to draw, paint”) +‎ -ing.

名詞

mēting f

1. picture: drawing, painting
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"

     On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.

     We look at pictures in one way and letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand the meaning.

語形変化

Strong ō-stem:

同意語

• tīefring (“painting”)

関連する語

• mētan
• mētere (“painter”)

語源 2

From mētan (“to meet, encounter”) +‎ -ing.

別の表記

• mētincg, mœ̄ting

名詞

mēting f

1. meeting, assembly

語形変化

Strong ō-stem:

関連する語

• ġemēting
• ġemitting

派生した語

• Middle English: meting, metynge
  • English: meeting
  • Scots: meting, meiting