| 单词 | term |
| 释义 | Word Frequency term(tɜːm) noun 1. a name, expression, or word used for some particular thing, esp in a specialized field of knowledge a medical term 2. any word or expression 3. a limited period of time her second term of office a prison term 4. any of the divisions of the academic year during which a school, college, etc, is in session 5. a point in time determined for an event or for the end of a period 6. Also called: full term the period at which childbirth is imminent 7. law a. an estate or interest in land limited to run for a specified period a term of years b. the duration of an estate, etc c. (formerly) a period of time during which sessions of courts of law were held d. time allowed to a debtor to settle 8. mathematics either of the expressions the ratio of which is a fraction or proportion, any of the separate elements of a sequence, or any of the individual addends of a polynomial or series 9. logic a. the word or phrase that forms either the subject or predicate of a proposition b. a name or variable, as opposed to a predicate c. one of the relata of a relation d. any of the three subjects or predicates occurring in a syllogism 10. Also called: terminal, terminus, terminal figure architecture a sculptured post, esp one in the form of an armless bust or an animal on the top of a square pillar 11. Australian Rules football the usual word for quarter (sense 10) 12. archaic a boundary or limit verb 13. (transitive) to designate; call he was termed a thief Derived forms termly (ˈtermly) adverb Word origin C13: from Old French terme, from Latin terminus end |
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