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May 音标拼音: [m'e] aux. 可以,可能,也许,不妨;但愿,祝愿
n. 五月, 5月份 可以,可能,也许,不妨;但愿,祝愿五月, 5月份 May n 1: the month following April and preceding June 2: thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America [ synonym: { whitethorn}, { English hawthorn}, { may}, { Crataegus laevigata}, { Crataegus oxycantha}] May \ May\ ( m[= a]), v. [ imp. { Might} ( m[ imac] t)] [ AS. pres. maeg I am able, pret. meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G. m[" o] gen, OHG. mugan, magan, Icel. mega, Goth. magan, Russ. moche. [ root] 103. Cf. { Dismay}, { Main} strength, { Might}. The old imp. mought is obsolete, except as a provincial word.] An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb, by expressing: ( a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by { can}. [ 1913 Webster] How may a man, said he, with idle speech, Be won to spoil the castle of his health! -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] For what he [ the king] may do is of two kinds; what he may do as just, and what he may do as possible. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these: " It might have been." -- Whittier. [ 1913 Webster] ( b) Liberty; permission; allowance. [ 1913 Webster] Thou mayst be no longer steward. -- Luke xvi. 2. [ 1913 Webster] ( c) Contingency or liability; possibility or probability. [ 1913 Webster] Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance Some general maxims, or be right by chance. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] ( d) Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a question or remark. [ 1913 Webster] How old may Phillis be, you ask. -- Prior. [ 1913 Webster] ( e) Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and the like. " May you live happily." -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { May be}, & { It may be}, are used as equivalent to { possibly}, { perhaps}, { maybe}, { by chance}, { peradventure}. See 1st { Maybe}. [ 1913 Webster]
May \ May\, n. [ Cf. Icel. maer, Goth. mawi; akin to E. maiden. [ root] 103.] A maiden. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
May \ May\, n. [ F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia ( Gr. Mai^ a), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty- one days. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The early part or springtime of life. [ 1913 Webster] His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn. [ 1913 Webster] The palm and may make country houses gay. -- Nash. [ 1913 Webster] Plumes that mocked the may. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 4. The merrymaking of May Day. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] { Italian may} ( Bot.), a shrubby species of { Spiraea} ({ Spiraea hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches. { May apple} ( Bot.), the fruit of an American plant ({ Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself ( popularly called { mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg- shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic. { May beetle}, { May bug} ( Zool.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to { Melolontha}, and allied genera. Called also { June beetle}. { May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole. { May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed. { May flower} ( Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See { Mayflower}, in the vocabulary. { May fly} ( Zool.), any species of { Ephemera}, and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See { Ephemeral fly}, under { Ephemeral}. { May game}, any May- day sport. { May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games. { May lily} ( Bot.), the lily of the valley ({ Convallaria majalis}). { May pole}. See { Maypole} in the Vocabulary. { May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day. { May thorn}, the hawthorn. [ 1913 Webster] |
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