terminal
英 ['t??m?n(?)l]
美['t?m?nl]
- n. 末端；終點(diǎn)；終端機(jī)；極限
- adj. 末端的；終點(diǎn)的；晚期的
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?terminals;副詞:?terminally;
中文詞源
terminal 終點(diǎn)站，航站樓，終端
termin-,邊界，終端，-al,形容詞后綴。即終端的，后形容詞作名詞使用。
英文詞源
- terminal (adj.)
- mid-15c., "relating to or marking boundaries," from Latin terminalis "pertaining to a boundary or end, final," from terminus "end, boundary line" (see terminus). Meaning "fatal" (terminal illness) is first recorded 1891. Sense of "situated at the extreme end" (of something) is from 1805. Slang meaning "extreme" first recorded 1983. Related: Termninally.
- terminal (n.)
- "end point of a railway line," 1888, from terminal (adj.); sense of "device for communicating with a computer" is first recorded 1954. Earlier "final part of a word" (1831).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He was eventually diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer.
- 他最終被診斷出患了晚期癌癥。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. He made a round-trip to the terminal and back.
- 他到了終點(diǎn)，又折回來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Carl sits at a computer terminal 40 hours a week.
- 卡爾每周在電腦終端前坐40個(gè)小時(shí)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. My own house feels as filthy and chaotic as a bus terminal.
- 我自家的房子感覺(jué)又臟又亂，活像公共汽車(chē)終點(diǎn)站。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. He then soldered the wire to the telephone terminal.
- 接著他把電話(huà)線(xiàn)焊接到電話(huà)機(jī)上。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句