| 单词 | sort |
| 释义 | sort n. & v. --n 1. a group of things etc. with common attributes; a class or kind. 2. (foll. by of) roughly of the kind specified (is some sort of doctor). 3. colloq. a person of a specified character or kind (a good sort). 4. Printing a letter or piece in a fount of type. 5. Computing the arrangement of data in a prescribed sequence. 6. archaic a manner or way. --vtr. (often foll. by out, over) arrange systematically or according to type, class, etc. Phrases and idioms after a sort after a fashion. in some sort to a certain extent. of a sort (or of sorts) colloq. not fully deserving the name (a holiday of sorts). out of sorts 1 slightly unwell. 2. in low spirits; irritable. sort of colloq. as it were; to some extent (I sort of expected it). sort out 1 separate into sorts. 2. select (things of one or more sorts) from a miscellaneous group. 3. disentangle or put into order. 4. resolve (a problem or difficulty). 5. colloq. deal with or reprimand (a person). Derivatives sortable adj. sorter n. sorting n. Etymology: ME f. OF sorte ult. f. L sors sortis lot, condition |
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