| 单词 | terminal |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['tə:minl] |
| 解释 | a.末端的；n.终点站，终端 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | 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). |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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