| 单词 | central |
| 释义 | central central1 —centrally, adv. /sen"treuhl/, adj. 1. of or forming the center: the central hut in the village. 2. in, at, or near the center: a central position. 3. constituting something from which other related things proceed or upon which they depend: a central office. 4. principal; chief; dominant: the play's central character. 5. Anat. , Zool. a. of or pertaining to the central nervous system. b. of or pertaining to the centrum of a vertebra. 6. Phonet. (of a speech sound) produced with the tongue articulating neither expressly forward nor in the back part of the mouth, as any of the sounds of lull. 7. Physics. (of a force) directed to or from a fixed point. n. 8. (formerly) a. a main telephone exchange. b. a telephone operator at such an exchange. [1640-50; < L centralis, equiv. to centr(um) CENTER + -alis -AL1] Syn. 4. major, main, key, leading, primary. central2 /sen trahl"/; Sp. /sen trddahl"/, n. , pl. centrals, Sp. centrales /-trddah"les/. (in Spanish America and the Philippines) a mill for crushing cane into raw sugar. [ < AmerSp, special use of Sp central CENTRAL1] |
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