battery

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbæt.(ə)ɹi/|/ˈbæt͡ʃɹi/    美 /ˈbæt.əɹi/|[ˈbæɾə.ɹi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells. countable
    — alkaline battery
  2. A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.; Such a device that has multiple cells. countable,uncountable
    — Her phone needs a new battery because its present battery no longer holds a charge well.
  3. The energy stored in such a device. informal,metonymically,uncountable
    — Her phone did not have enough battery for another phone call.
  4. The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence. countable,uncountable
    — Holonym: assault and battery
  5. A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns. countable
    — Outside the ancient fort, you can still see worn areas in the stone where the batteries were once placed.
  6. A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.; Such a group of a certain size (number of guns and artillerists), within a schema of military unit organization. countable,uncountable
    — They sent four batteries southward in an attempt to shore up the defenses around the depot.
  7. An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed. archaic,countable,historical,uncountable
    — The construction of advanced batteries mirrored that of those built along the line of circumvallation. [...] Although Mahan demanded that batteries be constructed to exacting dimensions and revetted with gabions, fascines, and sandbags, at Vicksburg the resources at hand determined what materials soldiers used to build what they termed artillery "forts".
  8. An array of similar things. countable,uncountable
    — Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
  9. A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs. countable,uncountable
    — ‘Do you know how battery chickens live?’
  10. The catcher and the pitcher together countable,uncountable
  11. Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal countable,uncountable
  12. A marching percussion ensemble; the section of the drumline that marches on the field during a performance. countable,uncountable
  13. The state of a firearm or cannon when it is possible to be fired. countable,uncountable
    — in battery
  14. Apparatus for preparing or serving meals. archaic,countable,uncountable

词形变化

batteries plural

词汇关系

下位词
A23 battery AAAA cell battery AAA cell battery AA cell battery A battery accessory battery alkaline battery atomic battery automobile battery automotive battery B battery biobattery car battery C battery counterbattery D battery diagonal battery dry cell battery flow battery jackass battery leisure battery linear battery lithium battery lithium ion battery lithium-ion battery lithium titanate oxide battery local battery LTO battery magnetic battery mignon battery nanobattery nuclear battery Planté battery PP3 battery sand battery social battery sodium-ion battery solar battery solid-state battery stamp battery starter battery storage battery suicide battery superbattery thermobattery traction battery voltaic battery watch battery water battery zinc-carbon battery
衍生词
antibattery assault and battery batteried batteries-included battery acid battery-backed battery backup battery booster battery cage battery cell battery charger battery-electric battery electric multiple unit battery electric vehicle battery hen battery-included batteryless battery life batterylike battery mate battery memory battery-operated battery pack battery power battery-powered change one's battery counter-battery cross-battery electric battery in battery lazy battery effect lithium battery nonbattery out of battery out-of-battery recharge one's battery unmask one's batteries
相关词
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词源

Borrowed from Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie (“action of beating”), from batre (“beat”), from Latin battuō (“beat”), from Gaulish. Doublet of batterie. By surface analysis, batter + -y.
The electrical sense was coined by American polymath Benjamin Franklin by analogy with a military battery that his series of Leyden jars resembled.
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