单词 | band |
释义 | band band1 /band/, n. 1. a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop: a band of protesters. 2. Music. a. a group of instrumentalists playing music of a specialized type: rock band; calypso band; mariachi band. b. a musical group, usually employing brass, percussion, and often woodwind instruments, that plays esp. for marching or open-air performances. c. See big band. d. See dance band. 3. a division of a nomadic tribe; a group of individuals who move and camp together and subsist by hunting and gathering. 4. a group of persons living outside the law: a renegade band. 5. to beat the band, Informal. energetically; abundantly: It rained all day to beat the band. v.t. 6. to unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. v.i. 7. to unite; confederate (often fol. by together): They banded together to oust the chairman. [1480-90; < MF bande < It banda; c. LL bandum < Gmc; akin to Goth bandwa standard, BAND2, BAND3, BEND1, BOND1] Syn. 1. gang, group; body; set; society, association, assembly. See company. band2 —bander, n. —bandless, adj. /band/, n. 1. a thin, flat strip of some material for binding, confining, trimming, protecting, etc.: a band on each bunch of watercress. 2. a fillet, belt, or strap: a band for the hair; a band for connecting pulleys. 3. a stripe, as of color or decorative work. 4. a strip of paper or other material serving as a label: a cigar band. 5. a plain or simply styled ring, without mounted gems or the like: a thin gold band on his finger. 6. (on a long-playing phonograph record) one of a set of grooves in which sound has been recorded, separated from an adjacent set or sets by grooves without recorded sound. 7. bands. See Geneva bands. 8. a flat collar commonly worn by men and women in the 17th century in western Europe. 9. Also called frequency band, wave band. Radio and Television. a specific range of frequencies, esp. a set of radio frequencies, as HF, VHF, and UHF. 10. Also called energy band. Physics. a closely spaced group of energy levels of electrons in a solid. 11. Computers. one or more tracks or channels on a magnetic drum. 12. Dentistry. a strip of thin metal encircling a tooth, usually for anchoring an orthodontic apparatus. 13. Anat. , Zool. a ribbonlike or cordlike structure encircling, binding, or connecting a part or parts. 14. (in handbound books) one of several cords of hemp or flax handsewn across the back of the collated signatures of a book to provide added strength. v.t. 15. to mark, decorate, or furnish with a band or bands. [1480-90; < MF; OF bende < Gmc; cf. OHG binta fillet. See BIND, BAND1] band3 /band/, n. Archaic. 1. Usually, bands. articles for binding the person or the limbs; shackles; manacles; fetters. 2. an obligation; bond: the nuptial bands. [1100-50; late OE < ON band; c. OS, OFris band, OHG bant; akin to Skt bandha-. See BAND1] |
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