American English shortening of mathematics, 1890; the British preference, maths, is attested from 1911.
math (n.2)
"a mowing," Old English m?e "mowing, cutting of grass," from Proto-Germanic *mediz (cognates: Old Frisian meth, Old High German mad, German Mahd "mowing, hay crop"), from PIE *me- (4) "to cut grass" (see mow (v.)).
雙語例句
1. " Mathematics " is sometimes abbreviated to " math ".
“ mathematics ”有時縮寫成 “ math ”.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. He studied math in college.
他上大學(xué)時專業(yè)是數(shù)學(xué)。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I flunked math in second grade.
我二年級時數(shù)學(xué)不及格。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. The hard math problem tripped up most of the students.