element

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛlɪmənt/    美 /ˈɛləmənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
    — Letters are the elements of written language.
  2. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.; Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
    — Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table. It is the simplest possible atom composed of one proton in the nucleus which is orbited by a single electron.
  3. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.; A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
  4. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.; One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
    — The she asked the elements to send their spirits to her.
  5. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.; A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material. plural-normally
    — Thus ſhall my heart be ſtil combinde with thine, Untill our bodies turne to Elements: And both our ſoules aſpire celeſtiall thrones.
  6. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.; A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
  7. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.; One of the objects in a set.
    — […] the majority of names being compounded of two elements chosen from a stock of special name-words.
  8. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.; One of the entries of a matrix.
  9. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.; Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
  10. A small part of the whole.
    — an element of the picture
  11. A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
    — an element of doubt
  12. A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
  13. The sky. obsolete
    — Sometimes, solitude is of all things my wish; and the awful silence of the night, the spangled element, and the rising and setting sun, how promotive of contemplation!
  14. Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies in premodern cosmology. obsolete
  15. Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains. in-plural,with-definite-article
    — exposed to the elements
  16. A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.
    — to be in one’s element
  17. The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion. plural-normally
  18. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
    — You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.
  19. The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments. in-plural
    — Miniature Nuremberg kitchens complete with all the utensils were said to teach children the elements of housewifery.
  20. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
    — The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.
  21. An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
    — The element of area in Cartesian coordinates is dx dy.
  22. An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
  23. One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
    — The div element was introduced into HTML as a solution to the layout problem.
动词 v.
  1. To compound (something) out of elements. obsolete,transitive
    — Dull ſublunary lovers love / (VVhoſe ſoule is ſenſe) cannot admit / Abſence, becauſe it doth remove / Thoſe things vvhich elemented it.
  2. To constitute and be the elements of (something). obsolete,transitive
    — His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness.

词形变化

elements plural elements present,singular,third-person elementing participle,present elemented participle,past elemented past

词汇关系

下位词
artificial element Besselian element chemical element data element element 0 heating element linking element superheavy element synthetic element
衍生词
alloying element antielement bioelement block level element common element diagonal element driven element elementation element number element of surprise elementoid elementology elementwise element zero empty-element tag endogenous viral element finite element generalized element generic element global element graphoelement heteroelement idele identity element in one's element integral element interelement line element logical mechanical element lumped-element model macroelement main group element major element microelement mobile genetic element multielement nanoelement nonelement oligoelement out of one's element parasitic element peg element photoelement primitive element primordial element pseudoelement radioelement rare earth element rare-earth element regular element representative element resel retroelement sentence element sieve element sieve-tube element single-element stereoelement sub-element superelement systematic element name texel thermoelement time element tipping element trace element tracer element transition element transposable element transuranium element unit element urelement vessel element
相关词
elemental elementary atom transelement

词源

词源 1
From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”) (see further etymology there).
The verb is from Middle English elementen, from the noun.
词源 2
From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”) (see further etymology there).
The verb is from Middle English elementen, from the noun.
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