| 单词 | sequence |
| 释义 | sequence (once / 722 pages) nv When things come in sequence, they come in a specific order. It could be a chronological sequence, a sequence following a pattern (red-blue-brown, red-blue-brown), or a cause-and-effect sequence. Sequence can also be a verb. When you sequence something, you put it in order. The prom committee had the task of sequencing dance music––even if playing "Celebrate" as the final dance and not the first felt out of sequence to the DJ, it was their call. WORD FAMILYsequence: sequenced, sequencer, sequences, sequencing, sequential+/sequencer: sequencers/sequential: sequentially USAGE EXAMPLESSequencing is only the first step in what doctors call the “diagnostic odyssey.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “Almost every career trajectory entails a complex sequence of steps, each of which depends on those preceding it,” he said. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Later, a stylized dream sequence recalls Gene Kelly’s pursuit of Leslie Caron in the ballet that closes “An American in Paris.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a following of one thing after another in time the doctor saw a sequence of patients Syn|Hypo|Hyper chronological sequence, chronological succession, succession, successiveness pelting, rain anything happening rapidly or in quick successive rotationa planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) rowa continuous chronological succession without an interruption runan unbroken chronological sequence temporal arrangement, temporal order arrangement of events in time 2n the action of following in order he played the trumps in sequence Syn|Hypo|Hyper succession chess opening, opening a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess alternationsuccessive change from one thing or state to another and back again order, ordering the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement 3n serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern the sequence of names was alphabetical he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA Hypo|Hyper cistron, factor, gene (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity stringa linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) combinationa sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock combinationa coordinated sequence of chess moves Fibonacci sequencea sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum of the two preceding numbers codona specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid dominant genegene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical allele, allelomorph(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character genetic markera specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies homeotic geneone the genes that are involved in embryologic development lethal geneany gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life linkage group, linked genesany pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together modifier, modifier genea gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene mutant genea gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected nonallelegenes that are not competitors at the same locus operator genea gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes oncogene, transforming genea gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells polygenea gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations proto-oncogenea normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene recessive genegene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical regulator gene, regulatory genea gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene repressor genegene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed structural genea gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide suppresser, suppresser gene, suppressor, suppressor genea gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene) transgenean exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism X-linked genea gene located on an X chromosome Y-linked gene, holandric genea gene located on a Y chromosome extension, file name extension, filename extensiona string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename linguistic string, string of words, word stringa linear sequence of words as spoken or written substringa string that is part of a longer string series similar things placed in order or happening one after another 4n several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys Hyper repeat, repetition an event that repeats 5n film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie Syn|Hyper episode film, photographic film photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies 6v arrange in a sequence Hyper grade, order, place, range, rank, rate assign a rank or rating to 7v determine the order of constituents in They sequenced the human genome Hyper ascertain, determine, find, find out establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study |
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