【may音标】 英[meɪ] 美[meɪ]
【单词释义】 may是什么意思：
n.五月(May)；〈诗〉青春
modal.(有可能但不肯定)也许，可能;(转折前所述情况属实)也许;(征求同意或表示允许)可以
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词现在分词] maying
[单词过去式] might
[单词过去分词] might
【may形近词/近似词】
january n.一月
september n.九月
august n.八月
march n.三月(March)；行进，前进；行军 v. 前进；行军；进行
november n.十一月
april n.四月
june n.六月
february n.二月
july n.七月
october n.十月
december n.十二月
【单词例句】
◇ Behave yourself on the way, and do not leave the path, or you might fall down and break the glass, and then there will be nothing for your grandmother.
在路上要好好走，不要跑，也不要离开大路，否则你会摔跤的，那样奶奶就甚么也吃不上了。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ Her little hands were almost frozen with the cold. Ah! perhaps a burning match might be some good, if she could draw it from the bundle and strike it against the wall, just to warm her fingers.
她那双小手都快冻僵了。啊！如果她能从这捆火柴中取出一根，在墙上划着了就会好一些，也就可以暖手。
◇ THERE was once a butterfly who wished for a bride, and, as may be supposed, he wanted to choose a very pretty one from among the flowers.
一只蝴蝶想要找一个新娘。自然，他想要在群花中找到一位可爱的小恋人。
---- The Butterfly
◇ One day the king said to his wife, "If our thirteenth child, which you are soon going to bring into the world, is a girl, then the twelve others shall die, so that her wealth may be great, and so that she alone may inherit the kingdom."
一天，国王对王后说：“你快要生第十三个孩子了。要是这个孩子是个女孩，我就下令杀掉那十二个男孩，好让她得到更多的财产，并且让她继承王位。”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Until we accumulate enough exact knowledge, any practice is in vain and is bound to fail. Altogether, being more careful is reasonable or we may walk into a side road.”
在我们积累了足够的准确知识前，任何实际操作都是徒劳无功的，注定会失败。总而言之，更加谨慎地对待克隆是合理的，否则我们或许会误入歧途。”
◇ At the church door stood an old soldier with a crutch, and with a wonderfully long beard, which was more red than white, and he bowed to the ground, and asked the old lady whether he might dust her shoes. And Karen stretched out her little foot.
教堂门口有一个残废的老兵，拄着一根拐杖站着。他留着一把很奇怪的长胡子。这胡子与其说是白的，还不如说是红的——因为它本来就是红的。他把腰几乎弯到地上去了；他回老太太说，他可不可以擦擦她鞋子上的灰尘。珈伦也把她的小脚伸出来。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ "These must, indeed, be splendid clothes!" thought the Emperor. "Had I such a suit, I might at once find out what men in my realms are unfit for their office, and also be able to distinguish the wise from the foolish! This stuff must be woven for me immediately."
“那正是我最喜欢的衣服！”皇帝心里想。“我穿了这样的衣服，就可以看出我的王国里哪些人不称职；我就可以辨别出哪些人是聪明人，哪些人是傻子。是的，我要叫他们马上织出这样的布来！”
◇ The next time you're struggling to finish up a task at work, throwing on some Bach or Beethoven may worth a try.
下次你在努力完成工作任务的时候，听听巴赫或贝多芬的音乐也许是个不错的尝试。
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity
◇ But while you zap your food, you may wonder how close you can safely stand next to a microwave, and whether any radiation could escape from the device and potentially harm you.
但是当你用微波炉加热食物的时候，你可能会想知道站在微波炉旁边多远才安全，以及设备是否会泄漏一些辐射并伤害到你。
---- Is It Safe to Stand in Front of Microwave Ovens?
◇ While many of these traits are common, they're not guaranteed. Some colleges can be bigger than universities, some might offer master's degrees, and so on.
尽管两者间通常是这种关系，但也有例外。一些college可能比university还大，一些college可能还会提供硕士学位。
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?