| 单词 | continuum |
| 释义 | continuum (kəntɪnjuəm ) Word forms: continua (kəntɪnjuə ), continuums 1. countable noun [usually singular] A continuum is a set of things on a scale, which have a particular characteristic to different degrees. [formal] These various complaints are part of a continuum of ill-health. [+ of] It is at one end of the cost continuum. 2. countable noun [usually singular] A continuum is a continuous series of closely connected events. [formal] ...responses to stress on a continuum from mild to extreme. Collocations: space-time continuum But it hasn't got everything right — experts have pointed out a number of holes in the film's space-time continuum. Times, Sunday Times But when the space-time continuum starts to bend, strange things can happen. Times,Sunday Times Inspired by the space-time continuum, it shows the time on synchronised rotating dials. Times, Sunday Times You haven't slipped through a crack in the space-time continuum and been transported back to the 1970s. The Sun These distortions spread out across the space-time continuum like ripples on the surface of a pond and are detectable as gravitational waves. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 连续体 Japanese: 連続体 |
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