释义 |
w I. \ˈdəbəl(ˌ)yü, -lyə; in rapid speech also -b(ə)yə or -byē\ noun (plural w's or ws) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 23d letter of the English alphabet b. : an instance of this letter printed, written, or otherwise represented c. : a speech counterpart of orthographic w (as w in woo, watt, sway, or German wasser) 2. : a printer's type, a stamp, or some other instrument for reproducing the letter w 3. : someone or something arbitrarily or conveniently designated w especially as the 22d or when j is used for the 10th the 23d in order or class 4. : something having the shape of the letter W II. abbreviation Usage: often capitalized 1. wall 2. wanting 3. war 4. warden 5. warehouse; warehousing 6. warm 7. waste 8. water 9. watt 10. weather 11. week 12. weight 13. west; western 14. wet 15. whip 16. white 17. wicket 18. wide 19. widow 20. width 21. wife 22. wind 23. wire 24. with 25. won 26. wood 27. word 28. work 29. wrong III. symbol Usage: capitalized 1. energy 2. [German wolfram] tungsten IV. noun or w boson or w particle Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: weak : either of two elementary particles about 80 times heavier than a proton that along with the Z particle are transmitters of the weak force and that can have a positive or negative charge |