资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sum \Sum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Summing}.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.]
1. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one
amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain
the totality of; -- usually with up.
The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour
doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day.
--Bacon.
2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a
few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
``Go to the ant, thou sluggard,'' in few words sums
up the moral of this fable. --L'Estrange.
He sums their virtues in himself alone. --Dryden.
3. (Falconry) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish
with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
But feathered soon and fledge They summed their pens
[wings]. --Milton.
{Summing up}, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a
r['e]sum['e]; a summary.
Syn: To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend;
compute.
资料来源 : WordNet®
sum
n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: {sum of money}, {amount},
{amount of money}]
2: a quantity obtained by addition [syn: {amount}, {total}]
3: the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not
equal the misery they suffered" [syn: {summation}, {sum
total}]
4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's
argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";
"the nub of the story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core},
{center}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {heart and soul}, {inwardness},
{marrow}, {meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {nitty-gritty}]
5: the whole amount [syn: {total}, {totality}, {aggregate}]
6: the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan
7: a set containing all and only the members of two or more
given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [syn:
{union}, {join}]
[also: {summing}, {summed}]
sum
v 1: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in
the paper" [syn: {summarize}, {summarise}, {sum up}]
2: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
those of the neighboring town" [syn: {total}, {tot}, {tot
up}, {sum up}, {summate}, {tote up}, {add}, {add together},
{tally}, {add up}]
[also: {summing}, {summed}]
summing
See {sum}