American English shortening of mathematics, 1890; the British preference, maths, is attested from 1911.
math (n.2)
"a mowing," Old English mæð "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.)).
实用例句
1. " Mathematics " is sometimes abbreviated to " math ".
“ mathematics ”有时缩写成 “ math ”.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2. He studied math in college.
他上大学时专业是数学。
来自柯林斯例句
3. I flunked math in second grade.
我二年级时数学不及格。
来自《权威词典》
4. The hard math problem tripped up most of the students.
