terminal
UK/'tә:minәl/US
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Definitions
adj.
At the final stage; (of an illness) leading to death
末期的；致命的，不治的
adj.
Located at the end of something
末端的，终点的
n.
A building where passengers begin or end a journey
航站楼，终点站
n.
A device or screen for entering and viewing data in a system
终端（机）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedtermin (end) + -al (relating to) = 'at the end.' That single idea spreads across fields: an airport terminal ends your ground journey, a computer terminal is the endpoint where data goes in and out, and a terminal illness is at the final stage of life.
Root termin still carries 13 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.terminal illness绝症
- 2.airport terminal机场航站楼
- 3.computer terminal计算机终端
- 4.terminal stage末期
Example Sentences
- 1.
She was diagnosed with terminal cancer last spring.
- 2.
Our flight leaves from Terminal 2 in an hour.
- 3.
He typed the command into the terminal and hit enter.