单词 | client |
释义 | client (once / 233 pages) 1n 2n If you pay for something, you are a client. If you pay to get your dog groomed, you are a client of the dog groomer (and so is your pooch). If you shop at a certain store or use the services of a particular business, then you are a client of that store or business. If you want to go into acting, for example, you'll need to become a client of a talent agent. In computer terms, a client is a computer that makes a request of another computer, called a server. The term client is especially used in networks where one server may handle multiple requests from multiple clients. WORD FAMILYclient: clients USAGE EXAMPLESShould clients follow their therapist on social media or ask personal questions? Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) Clients, the start-up companies say, range from intelligence agencies to hotels. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Instead, he will strategize and engage with clients at a senior level. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n someone who pays for goods or services Syn|Hypo|Hyper customer buyer, emptor, purchaser, vendee a person who buys guesta customer of a hotel or restaurant etc. frequenter, patrona regular customer policyholdera person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written shoppersomeone who visits stores in search of articles to buy disburser, expender, spendersomeone who spends money to purchase goods or services reader, subscribersomeone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication takerone who accepts an offer warranteea customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given bargain huntera shopper who hunts for bargains customer agenta foreign purchaser who buys goods outright for resale home buyersomeone buying a house no-showa guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation operagoera patron of the opera orderersomeone who places an order to buy overnightera guest who stays overnight fixture, habitue, regulara regular patron shopaholica compulsive shopper consumer a person who uses goods or services 2n a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer 2Hyper case a person requiring professional services n (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network Syn|Hyper guest, node computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system a machine for performing calculations automatically |
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