| 单词 | normal |
| 释义 | normal (once / 132 pages) 1adjn 2adj If something conforms to a general pattern, standard, or average, we describe it as normal, but of course that standard can change over time. What's normal today may be "abnormal" in the future. The word normal comes from a Latin word normalis, which described something made with a carpenter's square. Something built this way would be normed to have angles that were perfectly aligned and fit a general pattern. This meaning eventually gave us the broader sense of fitting a pattern, standard, or average. Doctors like you to be a normal weight for your height, so you may need to grow taller to make your doctor happy. WORD FAMILYnormal: abnormal, normalcy, normalise, normality, normalize, normally, normals, subnormal, supernormal+/abnormal: abnormalcy, abnormality, abnormally/abnormality: abnormalities/normalcy: normalcies/normalise: normalisation, normalised, normaliser, renormalise/normality: normalities/normalize: normalization, normalized, normalizer, normalizes, normalizing, renormalize/subnormal: subnormality, subnormally, subnormals/subnormality: subnormalities/supernormal: supernormally USAGE EXAMPLESCommonly called “secondary hearts,” these muscles pump blood back to our heart, allowing us to maintain our normal rate of metabolic activity during sedentary activities. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Precipitation during that period totaled just 38.79 inches — roughly half of the normal amount. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The surface looked mushy late in the game, but that’s normal. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development a perfectly normal child of normal intelligence the most normal person I've ever met Ant abnormal departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development exceptionaldeviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence 2adj conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal serve wine at normal room temperature normal diplomatic relations normal working hours normal word order normal curiosity the normal course of events Syn|Ant average, mean approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value average, medianrelating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values) average, modalrelating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution naturalfunctioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies regularnot deviating from what is normal typicalconforming to a type sanementally healthy; free from mental disorder standardconforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind abnormal, unnatural not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm aberrant, deviant, deviatemarkedly different from an accepted norm anomalousdeviating from the general or common order or type antidromicconducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal atypical, irregulardeviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal brachydactylic, brachydactyloushaving abnormally short finger or toes defectivemarkedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior freakishcharacteristic of a freak kinky, perverted(used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes subnormalbelow normal or average supernormalexceeding the normal or average vicariousoccurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function insaneafflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement 3adj in accordance with scientific laws Ant paranormal not in accordance with scientific laws unnaturalnot in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature parapsychologicalbeyond normal physical explanation psychic, psychicaloutside the sphere of physical science psychokineticmoving an object without apparent use of physical means supernormal, supranormalbeyond the range of the normal or scientifically explainable extrasensory, paranormalseemingly outside normal sensory channels 4n something regarded as a normative example 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper convention, formula, pattern, rule mores (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group code of behavior, code of conducta set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group universala behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings courtly love(Middle Ages) a highly conventionalized code of conduct for lovers knight errantry(Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry protocolcode of correct conduct practice knowledge of how something is usually done adj forming a right angle Syn perpendicular intersecting at or forming right angles |
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