• adj. 溫和的；輕微的；淡味的；文雅的；不含有害物質(zhì)的的
• n. （英國(guó)的一種）淡味麥芽啤酒
• n. (Mild)人名；(瑞典)米爾德；(德、捷、芬)米爾德

來(lái)自PIE*mel,軟的，詞源同mill,meld,melt.引申詞義溫和的，溫柔的，輕微的等。

mild

mild: [OE] Mild goes back ultimately to Indo- European *meld-, *mold-, *mld-, which denoted ‘softness’ and also produced English melt and Latin mollis ‘soft’, source of English mollify and mollusc. From it was derived the Germanic adjective *milthjaz, whose modern descendant has shown remarkable formal stability: German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and English all share the word mild.
=> melt, mollify, mollusc, smelt

mild (adj.)

Old English milde "gentle, merciful," from Proto-Germanic *milthjaz- (cognates: Old Norse mildr, Old Saxon mildi, Old Frisian milde, Middle Dutch milde, Dutch mild, Old High German milti, German milde "mild," Gothic mildita "kindness"), from PIE *meldh-, from root *mel- "soft," with derivatives referring to soft or softened materials (cognates: Greek malthon "weakling," myle "mill;" Latin molere "to grind;" Old Irish meldach "tender;" Sanskrit mrdh "to neglect," also "to be moist"). Originally of persons and powers; of the weather from c. 1400, of disease from 1744. Also in Old English as an adverb, "mercifully, graciously."

Mild goes further than gentle in expressing softness of nature; it is chiefly a word of nature or character, while gentle is chiefly a word of action. [Century Dictionary]

1. His captaincy of the team was ended by mild eye trouble.

他由于患輕度眼疾而不再擔(dān)任隊(duì)長(zhǎng)一職。

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2. It wasn't anything serious. A mild stomach upset, that's all.

沒(méi)什么大不了的。只是胃有點(diǎn)不舒服，沒(méi)別的。

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3. The wine goes with strong and mild cheese alike.

喝這酒的時(shí)候可以搭配濃乳酪或淡乳酪。

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4. Meteorologists have predicted mild rains for the next few days.

氣象學(xué)家預(yù)測(cè)接下來(lái)的幾天有小雨。

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5. Mild jaundice in the newborn is common and often clears without treatment.

新生兒有輕微的黃疸較為常見(jiàn)，經(jīng)常不需要治療就能自愈。

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