| 单词 | parallel |
| 释义 | par·al·lel I. 1. < half a dozen parallel scars … ran from his forehead into the thickness of his hair — Eric Linklater > < parallel rows of tall poplars — American Guide Series: Washington > < the ships steam on parallel courses as close together as feasible — W.D.Leggett > < a long, low house running parallel with the road — G.K.Chesterton > < a line parallel to the edge of a paper > 2. a. b. < concentric circles are parallel > < concentric spheres are parallel > < involutes of the same space curve are parallel > 3. a. < a parallel file > < a parallel gutter > < a parallel reamer > b. 4. a. < parallel strikes on the railroads, in the gas and electricity services — Percy Winner > < the standing committee systems in the two Houses are reasonably parallel — Harold Zink > b. < the marriage rate turned upward … the birth rate entered upon a parallel climb — Oscar Handlin > < all sorts of pranks, parallel to the serious exploits performed by the heroes — R.A.Hall b. 1911 > c. (1) (2) d. < parallel voice parts > < parallel fifths > — compare consecutive intervals 5. Synonyms: see like II. 1. a. b. (1) (2) c. d. 2. a. < progress that is without parallel in the history of mankind — Current Biography > < the situation of modern man … has no parallel in the past — Rudolf Allers > < conductor of such genius that he has no exact parallel in reality — Marcia Davenport > < implements from near the end of the old Stone Age find parallels among those of the Eskimo — A.L.Kroeber > b. < there are parallels in Grettis Saga … to encounters like this — W.P.Ker > < pre-Columbian cultural parallels found in the two hemispheres — R.W.Murray > 3. < many interesting parallels are drawn with the historical plays of Shakespeare — Times Literary Supplement > 4. a. < deviation of the two visual lines from parallel — H.G.Armstrong > b. < several generators operated in parallel > — called also multiple; contrasted with series 5. a. b. 6. Synonyms: see comparison III. transitive verb 1. < he parallels the jollity of Christmas at Dingley Dell with the picture of country life in Attica — Lucien Price > 2. a. < parallel that stage of national culture — Deems Taylor > < disablement behavior amongst birds may be paralleled in human life — E.A.Armstrong > < with a precipitancy only to be paralleled by her exit from this mortal scene — T.L.Peacock > < state of affairs is partially paralleled in contemporary medicine — A.L.Kroeber > < long head hair in some humans is paralleled by that of Angora cats — Weston LaBarre > b. < a piece of fiction paralleling a historical incident > < paralleling this change in artistic practice is a change in the concurrent critical apologia — Bernard Smith > < program which roughly paralleled the private school — J.B.Conant > < the career of the principal character parallels the actual life story — Bennett Cerf > 3. obsolete < my young remembrance cannot parallel a fellow to it — Shakespeare > 4. < machines comb, parallel, and blend the fibers — Story of Twine in Agriculture > < three rifles were paralleled on pegs — Stephen Crane > 5. < an airstrip paralleling the highway > < the route parallels the river > intransitive verb < long and narrow farms, crowded by paralleling ridges — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > IV. V. 1. < a parallel processor > 2. VI. |
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