"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.
雙語例句
1. Families of six or seven are the norm in Borough Park.
在區公園住宅區六口或七口之家十分普遍。
來自柯林斯例句
2. a departure from the norm
一反常態
來自《權威詞典》
3. Of his age, the child is above the norm in arithmetic.
在他那個年齡, 這個孩子的算術能力是超過標準的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Norm approach for role assignation in grid workflow.
網格工作流中角色分配的Norm方法.
來自互聯網
5. The changes will lead to more flexible leases, and leases nearer to 15 years than the present norm of 25 years.