course

名词 n. 动词 v. 副词 adv.
/kɔːs/    /kɔɹs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sequence of events.
    — The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.
  2. A sequence of events.; A normal or customary sequence.
    — The course of true love never did run smooth.
  3. A sequence of events.; A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
  4. A sequence of events.; Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
    — There is but one course for me to follow: I'LL MOIDER THE BUM!
  5. A sequence of events.; A learning programme
    — Her course will be ‘Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God, how tedious, how pointless.
  6. A sequence of events.; A learning programme; a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
    — I need to take a French course.
  7. A sequence of events.; A learning programme; an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification. Ireland,Philippines,UK
    — What's your course in university? —Business studies. And you?
  8. A sequence of events.; A treatment plan. especially
    — Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting.
  9. A sequence of events.; A stage of a meal.
    — We offer seafood as the first course.
  10. A sequence of events.; The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
    — He appointed […] the courses of the priests.
  11. A path that something or someone moves along.
    — His illness ran its course.
  12. A path that something or someone moves along.; The itinerary of a race.
    — The cross-country course passes the canal.
  13. A path that something or someone moves along.; A racecourse.
  14. A path that something or someone moves along.; The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
  15. A path that something or someone moves along.; The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
  16. A path that something or someone moves along.; A golf course.
  17. A path that something or someone moves along.; The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
    — The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.
  18. A path that something or someone moves along.; The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
    — A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.
  19. A path that something or someone moves along.; The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station. India,historical
    — It was curious to Oakfield to be back on the Ferozepore course, after a six months' interval, which seemed like years. How much had happened in these six months!
  20. The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
    — Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.
  21. Menses. euphemistic,in-plural,obsolete
    — The bleeding body signifies as a shameful token of uncontrol, as a failure of physical self-mastery particularly associated with woman in her monthly "courses".
  22. A row or file of objects.; A row of bricks or blocks.
    — On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.
  23. A row or file of objects.; A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
  24. A row or file of objects.; In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
  25. One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
动词 v.
  1. To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
    — The oil coursed through the engine.
  2. To run through or over. transitive
  3. To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after. transitive
    — We coursed him at the heels.
  4. To cause to chase after or pursue game. transitive
    — to course greyhounds after deer
副词 adv.
  1. Ellipsis of of course. abbreviation,alt-of,colloquial,ellipsis,not-comparable
    — "Course it's mighty hard to tell till we've put out a few traps," said the former, "but it looks to me like we've struck it lucky."

词形变化

courses plural courses present,singular,third-person coursing participle,present coursed participle,past coursed past 'course alternative,hypercorrect

词源

From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.
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