terminal
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释义
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)
词根拆分
词根派生termin(终点)+ -al(关于)=「位于终点的」。这一个意象铺开到各领域:机场 terminal(航站楼)是地面行程的尽头,计算机 terminal(终端)是数据进出的端点,terminal illness 处于生命的最后阶段。
词根 termin 还连着 13 个词常用搭配
- 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
例句
- 1.
She was diagnosed with terminal cancer last spring.
去年春天她被诊断出患有晚期癌症。
- 2.
Our flight leaves from Terminal 2 in an hour.
我们的航班一小时后从 2 号航站楼起飞。
- 3.
He typed the command into the terminal and hit enter.
他在终端里敲入命令,然后按下回车。