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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Base \Base\ (b[=a]s), a. [OE. bass, F. bas, low, fr. LL. bassus
thick, fat, short, humble; cf. L. Bassus, a proper name, and
W. bas shallow. Cf. {Bass} a part in music.]
1. Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth;
as, base shrubs. [Archaic] --Shak.
2. Low in place or position. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean. [Archaic] ``A
pleasant and base swain.'' --Bacon.
4. Illegitimate by birth; bastard. [Archaic]
Why bastard? wherefore base? --Shak.
5. Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and
silver, the precious metals.
6. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base
bullion.
7. Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity
of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base
fellow; base motives; base occupations. ``A cruel act of a
base and a cowardish mind.'' --Robynson (More's Utopia).
``Base ingratitude.'' --Milton.
8. Not classical or correct. ``Base Latin.'' --Fuller.
9. Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin. [In
this sense, commonly written {bass.}]
10. (Law) Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate,
one held by services not honorable; held by villenage.
Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a
base tenant.
{Base fee}, formerly, an estate held at the will of the lord;
now, a qualified fee. See note under {Fee}, n., 4.
{Base metal}. See under {Metal}.
Syn: Dishonorable; worthless; ignoble; low-minded; infamous;
sordid; degraded.
Usage: {Base}, {Vile}, {Mean}. These words, as expressing
moral qualities, are here arranged in the order of
their strength, the strongest being placed first. Base
marks a high degree of moral turpitude; vile and mean
denote, in different degrees, the want of what is
valuable or worthy of esteem. What is base excites our
abhorrence; what is vile provokes our disgust or
indignation; what is mean awakens contempt. Base is
opposed to high-minded; vile, to noble; mean, to
liberal or generous. Ingratitude is base; sycophancy
is vile; undue compliances are mean.
Base \Base\, n. [F. base, L. basis, fr. Gr. ? a stepping step, a
base, pedestal, fr. ? to go, step, akin to E. come. Cf.
{Basis}, and see {Come}.]
1. The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that
on which something rests for support; the foundation; as,
the base of a statue. ``The base of mighty mountains.''
--Prescott.
2. Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the
essential principle; a groundwork.
3. (Arch.)
(a) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when
treated as a separate feature, usually in projection,
or especially ornamented.
(b) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as
of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate
piece of furniture or decoration.
4. (Bot.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it
is attached to its support.
Base \Base\, v. t. [See {Base}, a., and cf. {Abase}.]
1. To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower. [Obs.]
If any . . . based his pike. --Sir T.
North.
2. To reduce the value of; to debase. [Obs.]
Metals which we can not base. --Bacon.
Base \Base\ (b[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Based} (b[=a]sd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Basing}.] [From {Base}, n.]
To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to
found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.
--Bacon.
資料來源 : WordNet®
base
adj 1: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base
coat followed by two finishing coats" [syn: {basal}]
2: (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior
metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal"
3: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or
lowly) birth" [syn: {baseborn}, {humble}, {lowly}]
4: not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and
unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life";
"cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism
immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"
[syn: {dishonorable}, {dishonourable}, {immoral}, {unethical}]
5: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;
"that liberal obedience without which your army would be a
base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage";
"chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare;
"something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in
politics" [syn: {mean}, {meanspirited}]
6: illegitimate [syn: {baseborn}]
7: debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base
coinage"
[also: {bases} (pl)]
base
n 1: any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning
litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and
water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals
and ammonia" [syn: {alkali}]
2: installation from which a military force initiates
operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" [syn:
{base of operations}]
3: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of
solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: {foundation},
{fundament}, {foot}, {groundwork}, {substructure}, {understructure}]
4: place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled
to get back to the bag" [syn: {bag}]
5: (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent
to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix
of the decimal system" [syn: {radix}]
6: the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain"
7: (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of
attachment; "the base of the skull"
8: a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
[syn: {floor}]
9: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or
developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument
rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: {basis}, {foundation},
{fundament}, {groundwork}, {cornerstone}]
10: a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" [syn: {pedestal},
{stand}]
11: the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the
altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle"
12: the most important or necessary part of something; "the
basis of this drink is orange juice" [syn: {basis}]
13: the place where you are stationed and from which missions
start and end [syn: {home}]
14: an intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses
money and logistical support and training to a wide
variety of radical Islamic terrorist group; has cells in
more than 50 countries [syn: {al-Qaeda}, {Qaeda}, {al-Qa'ida},
{al-Qaida}]
15: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are
removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: {root},
{root word}, {stem}, {theme}, {radical}]
16: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed
for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial
base of Japan" [syn: {infrastructure}]
17: the principal ingredient of a mixture; "glycerinated gelatin
is used as a base for many ointments"; "he told the
painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of
green"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the
base"
18: a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub
should sit on its own base"
19: (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the
emitter from the collector
[also: {bases} (pl)]
base
v 1: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some
observation" [syn: {establish}, {ground}, {found}]
2: use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
[syn: {free-base}]
3: assign to a station [syn: {station}, {post}, {send}, {place}]
[also: {bases} (pl)]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
base
{radix}.