英语词汇“primy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

prime¹ /prīm/

adjective

First in order of time, rank or importance

Primary

Chief

Main

Of the highest quality

Supremely typical

(of broadcasting time) commanding the highest audience figures

Original

In sexual excitement (Shakespeare)

(of a number other than one) divisible by no whole number except unity and itself (mathematics)

(of two or more numbers) relatively prime (see below) (with to; mathematics)

noun

One of the hours of the Divine Office, orig held at the first hour of the day (6am) (RC)

The time from the beginning of the artificial day to terce

The beginning

The spring

The world's youth

The new moon, or its first appearance (obsolete)

The best part

The height of perfection

Full health and strength

A prime number

A first subdivision or symbol marking it (ˈ) (mathematics, etc)

A fundamental tone

An old card game, probably the same as primero

The first guard against sword thrusts, also the first and simplest thrust (fencing)

ORIGIN: L prīmus first; partly through OE prīm, from L prīma (hōra) first (hour)

primeˈly adverb

primeˈness noun

prīˈmy adjective (Shakespeare)

In one's prime, blooming

prime cost see under cost¹

prime meridian noun

A meridian chosen to represent 0º, esp that passing through Greenwich, from which other lines of longitude are calculated

prime minister noun

The head of a parliamentary government
The chief minister of state

prime mover noun

In medieval astronomy, the primum mobile
A natural source of energy
A machine that transforms energy from such a source into motive power
The main cause or instigator of an action, project, etc

prime number noun

A number, other than one, divisible only by itself or unity

prime rate or prime lending rate noun

The lowest rate of interest charged by a bank at any given time, usu available only to large concerns with high credit ratings, forming the base figure on which other rates are calculated

prime time noun (radio and TV)

The peak period for viewing and listening during the day, having the highest rates

primeˈ-time adjective

prime vertical noun

A great celestial circle passing through the east and west points of the horizon, and cutting the meridian at right angles at the zenith

prime of life

The period of one's life following youth, during which one is at one's most active, productive and successful

relatively prime (mathematics)

Having no common integral factor but unity

prime1 /prīm/

prime¹ /prīm/