size
Definitions
How big or small something is; its dimensions or magnitude.
大小；尺寸；规模。
A standard measurement of clothing or shoes.
（衣服、鞋的）尺码、号。
To sort or judge by size; (size up) to form an opinion of someone or something.
按大小分类；（size up）打量、估量。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedA surprising member: size shortens Old French assise ('a sitting, an assessment'), from asseoir ← Latin assidēre (ad- 'beside' + sedēre 'sit') — the same root as assess. An assise was a fixed amount 'set' by officials who sat in session; that fixed measure narrowed into 'size,' the set dimension of a thing.
Root sit still carries 98 more wordsWhy It Means This
Most learners would never guess size belongs to the 'sit' family. The path runs through assize/assise — a court session where authorities sat to fix legal amounts, taxes, and standard measures. The 'fixed amount they set' became, over centuries, the everyday 'size.' Its cousin assess kept the legal-evaluation meaning; size kept the 'set measurement' one.
Common Collocations
- 1.size up估量
- 2.medium size中等尺寸
- 3.full size全尺寸
Example Sentences
- 1.
What size shoes do you wear?
- 2.
The fish was about the size of my hand.
- 3.
She quickly sized up the situation and took charge.