单词学习M

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machine - n. a device with moving parts used to do work 

magazine - n. a publication of news, stories, pictures or other information 

mail - n. letters, papers and other things sent through an official system, such as a 
post office 

main - ad. the most important or largest 

major - ad. great in size, importance or amount 

majority - n. the greater number; more than half 

make - v. to produce; to create; to build; to do something or to carry out an action; 
to cause to be or to become 

male - n. a man or boy; the sex that is the father of children; ad. of or about men 

man - n. an adult male human 

manufacture - v. to make goods in large amounts 

many - ad. a large number or amount of 

map - n. a picture of the earth's surface or a part of it 

march - v. to walk in a group like soldiers; to walk together in a large group to 
protest about something 

mark - v. to make a sign or cut on something 

market - n. a place or area where goods are sold, bought or traded; an economic 
system in which the prices of things are decided by how many there are and how 
much money people are willing to pay for them 

marry - v. to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become 
husband and wife (usually in a religious or civil ceremony) 

mass - n. an amount of matter having no special form and usually of a large size 

mate - v. to bring together a male and a female to create another creature 

material - n. the substance, substances or matter of which something is made or 
from which something can be made, such as wood, cloth or stone; anything that can
be made into something else 

mathematics - n. the science dealing with amounts, sizes and shapes, as explained 
by numbers and signs 

matter - n. anything that can be seen or felt; what things are made of 

may - v. a word used with an action word to mean permit or possible ("May I go?" 
"They may leave tomorrow.") 

mayor - n. the chief official of a city or town government 

meal - n. food eaten to satisfy hunger, such as dinner 

mean - v. to want to; to give the idea of; to have the idea of 

measure - v. to learn the amount, size or distance of something; n. an action taken; 
a legislative proposal 

meat - n. the part of a dead animal used for food 

media - n. all public information organizations, including newspapers, television and 
radio 

medicine - n. a substance or drug used to treat disease or pain; the science or study 
of treating and curing disease or improving health 

meet - v. to come together with someone or something at the same time and place 

melt - v. to make a solid into a liquid by heating it 

member - n. one of a group 

memorial - n. something done or made to honor the memory of a person or event 

memory - n. a picture in the mind of past events; the ability to remember; a thing 
remembered 

mental - ad. about or having to do with the mind 

mercy - n. kindness toward those who should be punished; the power to be kind or 
to pardon 

message - n. written or spoken news or information; a note from one person to 
another person or group 

metal - n. a hard substance such as iron, steel or gold 

method - n. the way something is done 

microscope - n. a device used to make very small things look larger so they can be 
studied 

middle - n. the center; a place or time of equal distance from both sides or ends; ad. 
in the center 

militant - n. someone active in trying to cause political change, often by the use of 
force or violence 

military - n. the armed forces of a nation or group; ad. of or about the armed forces 

milk - n. the white liquid produced by female animals to feed their young 

mind - n. the thinking, feeling part of a person 

mine - v. to dig useful or valuable substances out of the earth; n. a place in the earth 
where such substances are found; a bomb placed under the ground or under water 
so it cannot be seen 

mineral - n. a substance found in nature that is not an animal or a plant, such as coal 
or salt 

minister - n. a member of a cabinet; a high government official ("prime minister," 
"foreign minister") 

minor - ad. small in size; of little importance 

minority - n. the smaller number; opposite majority 

minute - n. a measure of time; one of the sixty equal parts of an hour; sixty seconds 

miss - v. to fail to hit, see, reach or meet 

missile - n. any weapon that can be thrown or fired through the air and explodes 
when it reaches its target 

missing - ad. lost; not found 

mistake - n. a wrong action or decision; an action done without the knowledge that 
it was wrong 

mix - v. to put different things together to make one thing 

mob - n. a large group of wild or angry people 

model - n. an example; something, usually small, made to show how something will 
look or work 

moderate - ad. not extreme 

modern - ad. of the present or very recent time; the most improved 

money - n. pieces of metal or paper used to pay for things 

month - n. one of the twelve periods of time into which a year is divided 

moon - n. the bright object often seen in the night sky that orbits the earth about 
every twenty-nine days 

moral - ad. concerning what is right or wrong in someone's actions 

more - ad. greater in size or amount 

morning - n. the early part of the day, from sunrise until noon 

most - ad. greatest in size or amount 

mother - n. the female parent; a woman who has a child or children 

motion - n. a movement; a continuing change of position or place 

mountain - n. a part of the earth's surface that rises high above the area around it 

mourn - v. to express or feel sadness 

move - v. to change position; to put or keep in motion; to go 

movement - n. the act of moving or a way of moving; a series of acts or efforts to 
reach a goal 

movie - n. a motion picture; a film 

much - ad. great in amount 

murder - v. to kill another person illegally; n. the crime of killing another person 

music - n. the making of sounds by singing or using a musical instrument 

must - v. a word used with an action word to mean necessary ("You must go to 
school.") 

mystery - n. something that is not or cannot be explained or understood; a secret