terminal
英 ['tɜːmɪn(ə)l]
美['tɝmɪnl]
- n. 末端；终点；终端机；极限
- adj. 末端的；终点的；晚期的
词态变化
复数: terminals;副词: terminally;
中文词源
terminal 终点站，航站楼，终端
termin-,边界，终端，-al,形容词后缀。即终端的，后形容词作名词使用。
英英释意
- 1. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
- 2. a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- 3. electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
英文词源
- terminal (adj.)
- mid-15c., "relating to or marking boundaries," from Latin terminalis "pertaining to a boundary or end, final," from terminus "end, boundary line" (see terminus). Meaning "fatal" (terminal illness) is first recorded 1891. Sense of "situated at the extreme end" (of something) is from 1805. Slang meaning "extreme" first recorded 1983. Related: Termninally.
- terminal (n.)
- "end point of a railway line," 1888, from terminal (adj.); sense of "device for communicating with a computer" is first recorded 1954. Earlier "final part of a word" (1831).
同义词辨析
station, stop, terminal
这些名词均可表示"站"之意。
station： 普通用词，一般指火车站或汽车站。
stop： 多指公共汽车站，尤指中途停车站。
terminal： 指火车、公共汽车或飞机的终点(总)站。
考试真题
- Several of the employees in the computer department, for example, claim to be developing vision problems from having to stare at a video display terminal for about 7 hours a day.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
- In the case of an attack, military advisers suggested the advantage of being able to operate one computer from another terminal.
2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A
- The British airports Authority, recently bought by a Spanish company, says the root cause of the problem is not the ownership structure, but a lack of runway and terminal capacity, which it's addressing through a programme of heavy investment.
2016年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A
实用场景例句
- A second terminal was opened in 1998.
- 第二个航空站是1998年开始运营的。
牛津词典
- a railway/bus/ferry terminal
- 铁路 / 公共汽车终点站；渡船码头
牛津词典
- a positive/negative terminal
- 正极 / 负极端子
牛津词典
- He has terminal lung cancer.
- 他患有晚期肺癌。
牛津词典
- The illness is usually terminal.
- 这种病通常为不治之症。
牛津词典
- (figurative)She's suffering from terminal (= very great) boredom.
- 她现在感到烦得要死。
牛津词典
- a terminal patient
- 晚期病人
牛津词典
- The industry is in terminal decline .
- 这个行业每况愈下，一蹶不振。
牛津词典
- a terminal branch of a tree
- 树顶枝条
牛津词典
- terminal examinations (= at the end of a course, etc.)
- 期终考试
牛津词典
- a hospice for the terminally ill
- 临终病人安养所
牛津词典
- a terminally dull film
- 索然寡味的影片
牛津词典
- ...terminal cancer.
- 晚期癌症
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...his illness was terminal.
- 他的病没治了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They have started a hospice for terminal patients.
- 他们为身患绝症的病人开办了一个安养所。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Plans are underway for a fifth terminal at Heathrow airport.
- 正在制定在希思罗机场修建第 5 航站楼的计划。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Carl sits at a computer terminal 40 hours a week.
- 卡尔每周在电脑终端前坐 40 个小时。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the positive terminal of the battery.
- 电池的阳极
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Terminal may be hook link and shackle.
- 末端件可以是吊钩,吊环,卸扣等.
期刊摘选
- Participate in designing the project of multimedia terminal.
- 参与终端机系统方案的设计.
期刊摘选
- Processing capability as found in an intelligent terminal.
- 在智能终端上实现的处理能力.
期刊摘选
- Two choices blow sail in the quiet sea to history and future terminal point.
- 两个选择将寂静之海的船帆吹往历史与未来的终点.
期刊摘选
- Force offscreen compositing even under Terminal Server ( requires restart )
- 强制屏幕外合成,即便是在终端服务器下 ( 需要重启动 )
期刊摘选
- Tendrils may be branched, or unbranched, and may have terminal adhesive disks, as in the creeper.
- 卷须可能具有分枝, 也可能无分枝, 末端还会有吸盘, 例如五叶地锦.
期刊摘选
- Taxi to the terminal, face ( nose ) to the east ( west ).
- 滑到候机楼, 机头朝东 ( 西 ).
期刊摘选
- Nationwide cooperative partners and terminal network shall be set up in China in 2005.
- 2005年完成中国大陆市场全国商业合作伙伴和终端网络的搭建.
期刊摘选
- This paper proposes a universal software radar terminal system based on information packages.
- 提出了信息化、软件化、网络化通用雷达终端系统的构想.
期刊摘选