| 单词 | pc |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPC PC n. (also pc) personal computer; spec. one that is IBM-compatible. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > personal computer home computer1949 personal computer1954 microcomputer1956 micro1971 PC1977 desktop1983 1977 J. Felsen in Proc. Internat. Conf. Cybernetics & Soc. 158/1 By personal computer (PC) we mean an inexpensive but complete system which may be cost-effectively dedicated to..applications of an individual user. 1986 Your Business Mar. 45/1 The functioning of word processors or PCs is only a minute part of the transformation that can be achieved. 2000 CEEmail Summer 15/2 (advt.) This programme is Macintosh and PC compatible and it has a direct hyperlink to the Ollie Recycles Website. PC PC n. Police Constable. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman truncheon officer1708 runner1735 horny1753 nibbing-cull1775 nabbing-cull1780 police officer1784 police constable1787 policeman1788 scout1789 nabman1792 nabber1795 pig1811 Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 peeler1816 split1819 grunter1823 robin redbreast1824 bulky1828 raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 Johnny Darm1830 polis1833 crusher1835 constable1839 police1839 agent1841 johndarm1843 blue boy1844 bobby1844 bluebottle1845 copper1846 blue1848 polisman1850 blue coat1851 Johnny1851 PC1851 spot1851 Jack1854 truncheonist1854 fly1857 greycoat1857 cop1859 Cossack1859 slop1859 scuffer1860 nailerc1863 worm1864 Robert1870 reeler1879 minion of the law1882 ginger pop1887 rozzer1888 nark1890 bull1893 grasshopper1893 truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 finger1899 flatty1899 mug1903 John Dunn1904 John Hop1905 gendarme1906 Johnny Hop1908 pavement pounder1908 buttons1911 flat-foot1913 pounder1919 Hop1923 bogy1925 shamus1925 heat1928 fuzz1929 law1929 narker1932 roach1932 jonnop1938 grass1939 roller1940 Babylon1943 walloper1945 cozzer1950 Old Bill1958 cowboy1959 monaych1961 cozzpot1962 policeperson1965 woolly1965 Fed1966 wolly1970 plod1971 roz1971 Smokey Bear1974 bear1975 beast1978 woodentop1981 Five-O1983 dibble1990 Bow-street runner- 1851 Househ. Words 26 Apr. 98/1 A P.C. (the official ellipsis for Police Constable). 1948 Free-Lance Writer & Photographer Apr. 54/2 When a P.C. stops a suspect in the street and interrogates him, [etc.]. 1989 C. Harkness Time of Grace xxv. 406 The police turned up almost instantly in the form of P C Higgins, quite an amiable fellow who took reams of notes. PC PC n. (also P.C., pc) politically correct; political correctness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > types of morality political morality1721 political correctness1805 slave morality1907 PC1986 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [adjective] > in political context politico-moral1778 politically correct1970 PC1986 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [noun] > that which embodies the acceptable > conforming to politically correct views political correctness1805 PC1986 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] > making acceptable > politically correct politically correct1970 PC1986 1986 N.Y. Times 11 May vi. 39/2 There's too much emphasis on being P.C.—politically correct. 1992 Economist 18 Jan. 44/2 Subjects like science and engineering where the ravages of PC are unknown (or, at least, rare). 2003 This Mag. Feb. Common expressions with racist roots are used by even the proudest of the P.C., while every day, thousands of average joes are slapped on the wrist for using words that sound racist. P.C. P.C. n. Privy Counsellor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > member of council of state > in Britain or England privy counsellor1598 wite1701 P.C.1881 1881 E. W. Hamilton Diary 22 Nov. (1972) I. 185 I told Mr. G. he ought to make May a P.C. 1973 Whitaker's Almanack 84 The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, p.c., k.t., g.c.v.o., aged 78. 1994 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 7 Oct. d1 The P.C. stands for Privy Councillor, an honorary title earned as soon as you enter the federal cabinet. PC PC n. Mathematics propositional calculus. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > predicate or propositional logic > [noun] > propositional calculus propositional calculus1903 PC1943 1943 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 8 81 The propositional calculus, PC, is here construed as an uninterrupted deductive system, determined by certain primitive sentences. 1973 J. J. Zeman Modal Logic xii. 191 The definition of complete modalization was extended to include certain PC theorems. p.c. p.c. n. per cent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [noun] > percentage centage1756 percentage1757 p.c.1874 per cent1905 1874 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 80 Bliss had contracted to pay me 10 p.c. on my next book... He paid 7½ p.c. on Roughing It and 5 p.c. on Innocents Abroad. 1931 Notes & Queries 26 Dec. 465/2 A 10 p.c. solution of oxalic acid will be useful if ink-stains be present. 1988 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 15 [Japanese] life assurance companies, which could previously put only 3 p.c. of their money in tax-efficient tokkins, will be able to invest 5 p.c. pc pc n. (also P.C.) postcard. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > card > [noun] card1596 message card1746 birthday card1797 view card1822 acceptance1837 Easter card1842 wedding-cards1847 comic1860 postcard1869 letter card1870 postal card1870 pc1876 postal1877 note-card1884 photo card1890 greeting-card1898 picture postcard1899 seaside postcard1955 sympathy card1967 1876 M. B. Clarke Let. June in T. A. Crow & M. M. Boulton Live your Own Life (2003) 345 I will write you a letter instead of a PC. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 5 Oct. (1993) III. 8 Still there is no news of you later than the 2 p.c.s posted at Vintimille. 1951 R. Macaulay Lett. to Friend (1961) 194 I had..a nice picture p.c. from Father Pedersen from Rome. 2000 Times of India (Nexis) 28 Aug. Having no phone, he used the pc (postcard) and elicited replies from lazy correspondents by a conjoined reply pc. < as lemmas |
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