| 单词 | serial |
| 释义 | serial —serially, adv. /sear"ee euhl/, n. 1. anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine. 2. Library Science. a publication in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designation and intended to be continued indefinitely. adj. 3. published in installments or successive parts: a serial story. 4. pertaining to such publication. 5. of, pertaining to, consisting of, or occurring in a series rather than simultaneously: Some societies condemn both polygamy and serial marriages. 6. effecting or producing a series; sequential: The police think a serial killer is responsible for five homicides in this city last month. 7. Computers. a. of or pertaining to the apparent or actual performance of data-processing operations one at a time (distinguished from parallel). b. of or pertaining to the transmission or processing of each part of a whole in sequence, as each bit of a byte or each byte of a computer word (distinguished from parallel). 8. Music. of, pertaining to, or composed in serial technique. [1835-45; < NL serialis. See SERIES, -AL1] |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含168451条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。