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单词 parallel
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parallel

adjective
 OPAL W
/ˈpærəlel/
/ˈpærəlel/
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    two or more lines that are parallel to each other are the same distance apart at every point
    • parallel lines
    • parallel to/with something The road and the canal are parallel to each other.
    Extra Examples
    • The lane is roughly parallel to the main road.
    • The road runs parallel with the coast.
    Topics Colours and Shapesb2, Maths and measurementb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • run
    adverb
    • exactly
    • almost
    • nearly
    • …
    preposition
    • to
    • with
    See full entry
  2.  
    very similar or taking place at the same time
    • parallel trends
    • Though still a committed painter, in 1978 she launched a parallel career as a photographer.
    • Two poisonings have been reported recently in London and now there has been a parallel case in the Netherlands.
  3. (computing) involving several computer operations at the same time
    • parallel processing
    4. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French parallèle, via Latin from Greek parallēlos, from para- ‘alongside’ + allēlos ‘one another’.

parallel

adverb
/ˈpærəlel/
/ˈpærəlel/
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  1. parallel (to something) two or more lines that run parallel to each other are the same distance apart at every point
    • The road and the canal run parallel to each other.
    • The plane flew parallel to the coast.
  2. parallel (to something) in a way that is very similar or takes place at the same time
    • The team's findings run parallel to those of other researchers.

parallel

noun
 OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈpærəlel/
/ˈpærəlel/
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  1.  
    [countable, uncountable] a person, a situation, an event, etc. that is very similar to another, especially one in a different place or time synonym equivalent
    • These ideas have parallels in Freud's thought too.
    • This tradition has no parallel in our culture.
    • without parallel This is an achievement without parallel in modern times.
    Extra Examples
    • The move west suggests a parallel with the earlier American pioneer experience.
    • This weather pattern of the southern hemisphere has no parallel in the north.
    • We found a direct parallel in the attitudes of children in other countries.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • direct
    • exact
    • clear
    • …
    verb + parallel
    • have
    • find
    • note
    • …
    parallel + verb
    • exist
    preposition
    • without parallel
    • parallel between
    • parallel in
    • …
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  2.  
    [countable, usually plural] similar features
    • There are interesting parallels between the 1960s and the late 1990s.
    • It is possible to draw a parallel between (= find similar features in) their experience and ours.
    Extra Examples
    • Parallels do exist between the author's family and that of Francie Coffin.
    • She saw an obvious parallel with her sister's predicament.
    • A close parallel to this behaviour is found in dolphins.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • direct
    • exact
    • clear
    • …
    verb + parallel
    • have
    • find
    • note
    • …
    parallel + verb
    • exist
    preposition
    • without parallel
    • parallel between
    • parallel in
    • …
    See full entry
  3. (also parallel of latitude)
     [countable] an imaginary line around the earth that is always the same distance from the equator; this line on a map
    • the 49th parallel
    4. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French parallèle, via Latin from Greek parallēlos, from para- ‘alongside’ + allēlos ‘one another’.
Idioms
in parallel (with something/somebody)
  1. with and at the same time as something/somebody else
    • The new degree and the existing certificate courses would run in parallel.
    • Ann wanted to pursue her own career in parallel with her husband’s.

parallel

verb
/ˈpærəlel/
/ˈpærəlel/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they parallel
/ˈpærəlel/
/ˈpærəlel/
he / she / it parallels
/ˈpærəlelz/
/ˈpærəlelz/
past simple paralleled
/ˈpærəleld/
/ˈpærəleld/
past participle paralleled
/ˈpærəleld/
/ˈpærəleld/
-ing form paralleling
/ˈpærəlelɪŋ/
/ˈpærəlelɪŋ/
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  1. parallel something to be similar to something; to happen at the same time as something
    • Their legal system parallels our own.
    • The rise in unemployment is paralleled by an increase in petty crime.
  2. parallel something to be as good as something synonym equal
    • a level of achievement that has never been paralleled
    compare unparalleled
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French parallèle, via Latin from Greek parallēlos, from para- ‘alongside’ + allēlos ‘one another’.
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