complementary

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/    /ˌkɑmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A complementary colour.
  2. One skilled in compliments. obsolete
    — the hands of the most skilful and cunning complementaries alive
  3. An angle which adds with another to equal 90 degrees.
形容词 adj.
  1. Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
    — I'll provide you with some complementary notes to help you study.
  2. Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
  3. Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)

词形变化

more complementary comparative most complementary superlative complementaries plural

词源

词源 1
From complement + -ary. Piecewise doublet of complimentary.
词源 2
From complement + -ary. Piecewise doublet of complimentary.
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