adapter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˈdæptə(ɹ)/    美 /əˈdæptəɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
    — He was an able adapter, and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.
  2. One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
    — The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.
  3. A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
    — He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.
  4. A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.; Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
    — The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters plugged into adapters that sparked ominously.
  5. A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.; Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
    — We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.
  6. A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.; Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
    — I lost my cellphone's adapter so I couldn't recharge it.
  7. A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.

词形变化

adapters plural adaptor alternative,Commonwealth

词汇关系

下位词
AC adapter analog telephone adapter cell phone adapter Claisen adapter IPv4 adapter IPv6 adapter LAN adapter network adapter phone adapter phone to PC adapter power adapter
衍生词
adaptability adaptable adaptableness adaptably adaptation adaptational adaptative adaptatively adaptativeness adaptedness adaptee adapter pattern adaption adaptional adaptitude adaptive adaptively adaptiveness adaptly adaptness adaptorial class adapter pattern double adapter expansion adapter graphics adapter microadapter object adapter pattern seroadapter travel adapter USB adapter wireless adapter

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *aptos
Latin aptus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin apiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
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Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin aptō
Latin adaptōder.
Middle English *adapten
English adapt
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English adapter
From adapt + -er.
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