meek

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

meek [meek meeker meekest] BrE [miːk] NAmE [miːk] adjective (meek·er, meek·est)
1. quiet, gentle, and always ready to do what other people want without expressing your own opinion
Syn: ↑compliant, Syn: ↑self-effacing
•They called her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild.
•They hung their heads in meek submission.
2. the meeknoun plural people who are meek
•Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Derived Words: ↑meekly ▪ ↑meekness

Word Origin:
Middle English me(o)c (also in the sense ‘courteous or indulgent’), from Old Norse mjúkr ‘soft, gentle’.

Example Bank:
•They called her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  spiritless, tame, mild, modest