| 单词 | terminal |
| 释义 | terminal adj. & n. --adj 1. a (of a disease) ending in death, fatal. b (of a patient) in the last stage of a fatal disease. c (of a morbid condition) forming the last stage of a fatal disease. d colloq. ruinous, disastrous, very great (terminal laziness). 2. of or forming a limit or terminus (terminal station). 3. a Zool. etc. ending a series (terminal joints). b Bot. borne at the end of a stem etc. 4. of or done etc. each term (terminal accounts; terminal examinations). --n 1. a terminating thing; an extremity. 2. a terminus for trains or long-distance buses. 3. a departure and arrival building for air passengers. 4. a point of connection for closing an electric circuit. 5. an apparatus for transmission of messages between a user and a computer, communications system, etc. 6. (in full terminal figure) = TERMINUS 6. 7. an installation where oil is stored at the end of a pipeline or at a port. 8. a patient suffering from a terminal illness. Phrases and idioms terminal velocity a velocity of a falling body such that the resistance of the air etc. prevents further increase of speed under gravity. Derivatives terminally adv. Etymology: L terminalis (as TERMINUS) |
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