center
英 美['s?nt?]
- n. 中心，中央；中鋒；中心點(diǎn)
- vi. 居中，被置于中心
- vt. 集中，使聚集在一點(diǎn)；定中心
- adj. 中央的，位在正中的
- n. (Center)人名；(英)森特
CET4TEM4核心詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?centers;第三人稱單數(shù):?centers;過去式:?centered;過去分詞:?centered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?centering;
中文詞源
center 中心
來自PIE*kent, 刺，詞根ac的現(xiàn)在分詞，詞源同acid, cone, amniocentesis(羊膜穿刺術(shù)). 原指圓規(guī)的固定點(diǎn)，中心點(diǎn)。
英文詞源
- center (n.)
- late 14c., "middle point of a circle; point round which something revolves," from Old French centre (14c.), from Latin centrum "center," originally fixed point of the two points of a drafting compass, from Greek kentron "sharp point, goad, sting of a wasp," from kentein "stitch," from PIE root *kent- "to prick" (cognates: Breton kentr "a spur," Welsh cethr "nail," Old High German hantag "sharp, pointed").
Figuratively from 1680s. Meaning "the middle of anything" attested from 1590s. Spelling with -re popularized in Britain by Johnson's dictionary (following Bailey's), though -er is older and was used by Shakespeare, Milton, and Pope. Center of gravity is recorded from 1650s. Center of attention is from 1868. - center (v.)
- 1590s, "to concentrate at a center," from center (n.). Related: Centered; centering. Meaning "to rest as at a center" is from 1620s. Sports sense of "to hit toward the center" is from 1890. To be centered on is from 1713. In combinations, -centered is attested by 1958.
雙語例句
- 1. The reader is cross - referenced to the entry " center " .
- 讀者可參見 center 詞條.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Volunteers constitute more than 95% of The Center's work force.
- 該中心95%以上的工作人員是志愿者.
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Leisure Center is a long and low modern building.
- 休閑中心是一座狹長而低矮的現(xiàn)代建筑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He is currently being held in a metropolitan correctional center.
- 他現(xiàn)在被關(guān)在一個(gè)大城市的改造中心。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They ran to the center of the tent to take their bows.
- 他們跑到帳篷中央鞠躬致意。
來自柯林斯例句