单词 | Carrier |
释义 | Carrier(ˈkærɪə) noun a member of an Athapaskan Native North American people of British Columbia carrier(ˈkærɪə) noun 1. a person, thing, or organization employed to carry goods, passengers, etc 2. a mechanism by which something is carried or moved, such as a device for transmitting rotation from the faceplate of a lathe to the workpiece 3. pathology another name for vector (sense 3) 4. pathology a person or animal that, without having any symptoms of a disease, is capable of transmitting it to others 5. Also called: charge carrier physics an electron, ion, or hole that carries the charge in a conductor or semiconductor 6. short for carrier wave 7. chemistry a. the inert solid on which a dyestuff is adsorbed in forming a lake b. a substance, such as kieselguhr or asbestos, used to support a catalyst c. an inactive substance containing a radioisotope used in radioactive tracing d. an inert gas used to transport the sample through a gas-chromatography column e. a catalyst that effects the transfer of an atom or group from one molecule to another 8. aircraft carrier 9. a breed of domestic fancy pigeon having a large walnut-shaped wattle over the beak; a distinct variety of pigeon from the homing or carrier pigeon See also carrier pigeon 10. a US name for roof rack |
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