center

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɛn.təː/|[ˈsɛn.tʰəː]   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. Canada,US,alternative
    — If a point be taken within a circle, and more than two equal straight lines fall from the point on the circle, the point taken is the centre of the circle.
  2. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. Canada,US,alternative
    — Japanese scientists are to explore the centre of the Earth. Using a giant drill ship launched next month, the researchers aim to be the first to punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the mantle below.
  3. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges. Canada,US,alternative
  4. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.; The innermost point of the Earth, or the Earth itself, as the center or foundation of the Universe; the center or foundation of the Universe abstractly. Canada,US,alternative,obsolete
    — [...] their portion set As far remov'd from God and light of Heav'n As from the Center thrice to th'utmost Pole.
  5. The point on a line that is midway between the ends. Canada,US,alternative
  6. The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume). Canada,US,alternative
    — The centroid is one of the centres of a triangle
  7. A point on a triangle's plane that is in some sense in its middle. Canada,US,alternative
    — There are several centers of a triangle such as its circumcenter, incenter, orthocenter and centroid.
  8. A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity. Canada,US,alternative
    — shopping center, convention center, civic center, garment center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller Center
  9. The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties. Canada,US,alternative
  10. The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated. Canada,US,alternative
    — In Anatolia tensions between state officials (ehl-i örf) and the peasants were strained to breaking point. At several places—particularly in the frontier provinces—there were fierce clashes between the janissaries stationed there and the governors. In Aleppo and Damascus incidents were common after 1589: the kuls threw rocks at the beylerbeyi’s house, killed people, broke into the divan several times and took the money prepared by the council for remittance to the centre.
  11. A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive. Canada,US,alternative
    — the center of the controversy
  12. A player in the middle of a playing area.; The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket. Canada,US,alternative
  13. A player in the middle of a playing area.; The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs. Canada,US,alternative
  14. A player in the middle of a playing area.; The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play. Canada,Canadian,US,alternative
  15. A player in the middle of a playing area.; A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles. Canada,US,alternative
  16. A player in the middle of a playing area.; A pass played into the centre of the pitch. Canada,US,alternative
    — Bent twice sent efforts wide of the far post after cutting in from the left, Wellbeck missed his kick from an inviting centre and failed to get on the end of a looping pass when six yards out.
  17. A player in the middle of a playing area.; One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre. Canada,US,alternative
    — Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Davies arcing round Shontayne Hape.
  18. A certain mechanical implement functioning in the middle of a whole apparatus; A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting. Canada,US,alternative
  19. A certain mechanical implement functioning in the middle of a whole apparatus; One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. Canada,US,alternative
  20. A certain mechanical implement functioning in the middle of a whole apparatus; A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe. Canada,US,alternative
  21. A certain mechanical implement functioning in the middle of a whole apparatus; The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates. Australia,Canada,New-Zealand,US,alternative
  22. The set of those elements (of a given algebraic structure) that commute with every other element, usually denoted Z(G). In the case of (semi-)groups, it is required that they commute under the (semi-)group operation; in the case of rings and (Lie) algebras, under multiplication (i.e. the bracket for Lie algebras) Canada,US,alternative
动词 v.
  1. To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area. Canada,US,alternative,transitive
    — ????, Matthew Prior, Celia to Damon Thy joys are centred all in me alone.
  2. To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes. Canada,US,alternative,transitive
  3. To give (something) a central basis. Canada,US,alternative,transitive
    — However, Lucas also centered the plot around the protection of the secret Death Star plans, which now filled the role of the clan treasure the enemy is seeking in Hidden Fortress; […]
  4. To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something). Canada,US,alternative,intransitive
    — The plot centers on the life of a working-class family.
  5. To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. Canada,US,alternative
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, at, or related to a center. Canada,US,alternative,not-comparable

词形变化

centers plural centre alternative,Australia,Canada,Commonwealth,Ireland centre alternative,Australia,Canada,Commonwealth,Ireland centers present,singular,third-person centering participle,present centered participle,past centered past centre alternative,Australia,Canada,Commonwealth,Ireland

词汇关系

近义词
centroid center of gravity center of mass middle midst
反义词
periphery
衍生词
adjustment center alt-center anticenter apocenter aquatic center area control center bandcenter barycenter behind center bottom dead center Brookfield Center burn center call center Canton Center center-back center back centerbit center-board centerboard centercab center circle Center City center console center field centerfield center fielder centerfire centerfold center forward Center Game centerground Center Harbor centerish center island centerless center line centerline centerman center mark center of attention center of buoyancy center of curvature center of effort center of excellence center of gravity center of inertia center of lift center of mass center of pressure center of symmetry Center Ossipee centerpiece centerpin centerpoint center punch centerpunch center-right Center Sandwich center spot centerspread center spread center square centerstage center stage center stick center tap Center Tuftonboro Centerville centerward centre-bit chiral center chromocenter circumcenter city center civic center Clay Center cocenter color center community center concenter control center convention center cool center cooling center correctional center correction center corrections center cost center crisis center cultural center data center day care center daycare center dead-center dead center decenter deictic center Desert Center detention center distribution center drop-in center Eaton Center emergency dispatch center entertainment center Essex Center excenter Fairfield Center Farbe center F-center feminine of center fitness center front and center front-and-center fusion center galactic center gaming center garden center germinal center Grundy Center Guthrie Center gyrocenter Hale Center Hayes Center health center high center high-center horizontal machining center incenter intercenter isocenter job center Le Center left-of-center leisure center Lewis Center Lincoln Center machining center Manchester Center Mansfield Center masculine of center media center medical center megacenter monocenter multi-center multicenter music center nerve center Niles Center off-center orthocenter pericenter photocenter playcenter pleasure center power center profit center radical center Randolph Center reassignment center recenter reception center Richland Center right-of-center Rush Center science center shopping center side center Smith Center Spieker center sports center stereocenter storm center subcenter Sun City Center supercenter surgicenter tactical air control center Thetford Center three-center two-electron bond tonal center top dead center town center turning center uncenter under center Valley Center vertical machining center warming center wilderness treatment center Wilshire Center Windham Center world trade center Yates Center youth center youth detention center self-centering
相关词
central

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der.
Latin centrumder.
Middle French centrebor.
Middle English center
English center
From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
* (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der.
Latin centrumder.
Middle French centrebor.
Middle English center
English center
From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
* (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”).
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der.
Latin centrumder.
Middle French centrebor.
Middle English center
English center
From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
* (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”).
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