"standard, pattern, model," 1821, from French norme, from Latin norma "carpenter's square, rule, pattern," of unknown origin. Klein suggests a borrowing (via Etruscan) of Greek gnomon "carpenter's square." The Latin form of the word, norma, was used in English in the sense of "carpenter's square" from 1670s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Families of six or seven are the norm in Borough Park.
在區(qū)公園住宅區(qū)六口或七口之家十分普遍。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. a departure from the norm
一反常態(tài)
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Of his age, the child is above the norm in arithmetic.