mere /ˈmɪr/
 小湖,池塘(a.)僅僅的,只不過的
 Mere, n.   A boundary.
 Mere n.   A pool or lake.
 Mere v. t. To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.]
    Which meared her rule with Africa.   --Spenser.
 Mere, n. A mare. [Obs.]
 Mere a. [Superl. Merest. The comparative is rarely or never used.]
 1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified.
    Then entered they the mere, main sea.   --Chapman.
    The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed.   --Jer. Taylor.
 2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form.
    From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation.   --Atterbury.
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 mere
      adj 1: being nothing more than specified; "a mere child" [syn: mere(a)]
      2: apart from anything else; without additions or
         modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere
         idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the
         simple truth" [syn: bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)]
      n : a small pond of standing water