单词 | silo |
释义 | silo/ˈsʌɪləʊ /noun (plural silos) 1A tall tower or pit on a farm used to store grain.Just as I imagined it, with cows everywhere and lots of farms, silos, grain elevators, lakes - the whole nine yards....
1.1A pit or other airtight structure in which green crops are compressed and stored as silage.At this point the stover part of the plant has good digestibility, and the moisture is usually in the desired range for storage in airtight silos....
2An underground chamber in which a guided missile is kept ready for firing.This system allowed Looking Glass to transmit launch codes to the intercontinental ballistic missiles in their underground silos should ground launch control centers become disabled....
3A system, process, department, etc. that operates in isolation from others: it’s vital that team members step out of their silos and start working together [as modifier]: we have made significant strides in breaking down that silo mentality...
verb (siloes, siloing, siloed) [with object] Isolate (one system, process, department, etc.) from others: most companies have expensive IT systems they have developed over the years, but they are siloed why are so many companies still siloing their SEO and social media marketing? (as adjective siloed) managers have been told to break down the walls between siloed applications...
OriginMid 19th century: from Spanish, via Latin from Greek siros 'corn pit'. Rhymes |
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