compound

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒmˈpaʊnd/    美 /ˈkɑmˈpaʊnd/|/ˈkɔmˈpæɔnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
  2. Anything made by combining several things.
  3. An enclosure for secure storage.
    — A separate building on the west side will house a standby powerhouse and a workshop, and there will be an unroofed compound for compressed air cylinders and water tanks.
  4. A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
  5. A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
    — Shepard: What kind of proof do you have that the major is dangerous? Transmission: Three days ago, we sent two Alliance representatives to meet with him at his compound. They have disappeared. We believe Kyle and his followers killed them. Transmission: That compound is a cult, Shepard. They call him 'Father Kyle' now. He's set himself up as some kind of religious leader.
  6. A substance made from any combination of ingredients. dated
    — A compound of spurge, cardamom, cinnamon of Mecca, pellitory, ginger, nettle seed is an Arab specific for sexual weakness.
  7. A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together. Philippines,broadly
  8. A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.
  9. A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
    — Compositionally there is no great distinction between cell wall and cell surface, both are relatively transparent compounds, but both parts of the cell are of high significance in Biology due to their central role in cell functioning.
  10. A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
    — In the majority of the compounds of non- the hyphen is usually retained; but it is commonly omitted in the case of a few, such as nonconformist, nonentity, nonsense, in which the etymology has been to some extent lost sight of.
  11. A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
    — From a dead stand, with regulator full open and the lever at about 50 per cent we got up to about 60 m.p.h. by the top of the bank. The big compound was making plenty of noise - but what musical and wonderful noise!
  12. Ellipsis of compound exercise. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
动词 v.
  1. To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else. transitive
    — to compound a medicine
  2. To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated. transitive
    — to compound a debt
  3. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement. transitive
    — I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
  4. To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise. intransitive
    — to compound with someone / for something
  5. To compose; to constitute. obsolete,transitive
    — his pomp and all what state compounds
  6. To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest. intransitive
  7. To worsen a situation. transitive
    — […] This latest example of nationalistic self-interest compounded anger across the EU over Trump’s travel ban, imposed last month without consultation or scientific justification.
  8. Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed. intransitive
    — At the hill, the Warrior must have been at least ten lengths in front of Wild Dayrell; but he compounded about 200 yards on the T. Y. C. side of the Red House.
形容词 adj.
  1. Composed of elements; not simple. not-comparable
    — a compound word
  2. Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process. not-comparable
    — compound addition
  3. An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth). not-comparable

词形变化

compounds plural compounds plural compounds present,singular,third-person compounding participle,present compounded participle,past compounded past

词汇关系

衍生词
compound animal compound attack compound balloon compound bow compound butter compound chocolate compound common time compound control compound crystal compound curve compound duple compound engine compound eye compound fracture compound fruit compound householder compound hyperopia compound imperative compound interest compound interval compound key compound labour compound larceny compound leaf compoundly compound machine compound meter compound microscope compound modifier compound myopia compoundness compound pattern compound pendulum compound point compound predicate word compound proportion compound sentence compound symbol compound tense compound time noncompound decompound Amadori compound ansa compound aromatic compound arsonium compound azo compound binary compound biocompound cage compound catena compound chelate compound chemical compound clathrate compound cluster compound cocompound cocompounding complex compound compoundhood coordination compound covalent compound cryocompound cutthroat compound diazoamino compound diazo compound diazonium compound exocompound fluxional compound Heusler compound hypervalent compound inclusion compound inorganic compound intercalation compound interhalogen compound intermetallic compound ionic compound isonitroso compound macrocyclic compound mesocompound mesoionic compound metal cluster compound minicompound molecular compound monocompound nanocompound neoclassical compound non-stoichiometric compound organic compound organometallic compound palmate compound palmately compound pan-assay interference compound parent compound phono-semantic compound phytocompound Pittsburgh compound B precompound quaternary ammonium compound quaternary compound sandwich compound selenocompound solid compound spiro compound subcompound super-compound interest ternary compound tetranary compound thermal compound thiocompound volatile organic compound compoundable compounder compounding pharmacy recompound

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Malay kampungder.?
English compound
Possibly from Malay kampong, kampung (“group of buildings, village”), via Dutch or Portuguese, altered under the influence of Etymology 2. Doublet of kampung.
词源 2
From Middle English compounen, from Middle French componre, compondre (“to put together”), from Latin componō, from Latin com- (“together”) + ponō (“to put”).
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