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  1. 1nA2/mæθs/數學

    口語The subject and the science of numbers, shapes, and measuring, including algebra, geometry, and arithmetic. Maths is the short, everyday name for mathematics that people use in British English.

    示範例句 · Example

    Our new maths teacher showed us a quicker way to check our answers.

    逐字我們新的數學老師給我們看了一個更快的方法去檢查我們的答案。

    maths 就是「數學」，跟 mathematics 指的是同一件事，只是 maths 是英國、澳洲、紐西蘭日常在講的短名字；美國、加拿大則說 math（沒有 s）。全名 mathematics 留給課表、成績單和正式的文章，平常聊天大家都說 maths。最容易踩到的是那個 s：它是這個字本來就有的，不是複數，所以動詞用單數——Maths is my favourite subject；它也不可數，不說 a maths。這個字的長相可以想成是 mathematics 被口語切短的結果：英國留下 math 再帶上原字尾的 s，美國只留 math，就像同一個長名字被兩邊剪在不同的地方。

    常見搭配

    • a maths teacher

      數學老師

      someone whose job is teaching this subject

      Mr Lin has been our maths teacher since September.

    • a maths lesson / maths lessons

      數學課

      a class in which this subject is taught

      I've got a maths lesson right after lunch.

    • be good at maths

      數學很好、擅長數學

      to be able to do this subject well

      Ren is good at maths but says he needs more practice in English.

    • do maths

      做數學、算數學

      to work on questions in this subject

      We did maths for the first hour and then went outside.

    • teach maths

      教數學

      to give lessons in this subject

      She trained for two years so that she could teach maths.

    • a maths problem

      一道數學題

      one question in this subject that you have to work out

      Sam and Mei worked on the same maths problem all afternoon.

    • pure maths

      純數學

      the part of this subject studied for itself, not for solving real-world jobs

      At university she chose pure maths rather than engineering.

    意思相近

    mathmathematics

core核心畫面

Think of the whole school subject about numbers, shapes and measuring, said the short, everyday way. Not a special part of mathematics — the same thing, just the name people actually say out loud in British English: I've got maths on Tuesday.

可以想成：這個字本身沒有第二層意思，它就是 mathematics（數字、形狀、測量那整門學問）在英式英語裡的口語簡稱。學校課表上寫的、同學之間講的都是 maths，正式文件才會寫全名；美式英語則習慣說 math（沒有 s）。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

意思相近

mathmathematics

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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