interface

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈɪntəfeɪs/    /ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
    — Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.
  2. A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
    — If water and oil are mixed together, they tend to separate, and at equilibrium they are in different strata with an oil-water interface in between.
  3. The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
    — The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.
  4. The connection between a user and a machine.
    — The options are selected via the user interface.
  5. The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
    — This interface is implemented by several Java classes.
  6. In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
    — The Audio and Video classes both implement the IPlayable interface.
  7. In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
  8. The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
动词 v.
  1. To construct an interface for. transitive
  2. To connect through an interface. ambitransitive
  3. To serve as an interface. intransitive
  4. To meet for discussion. intransitive
    — Let's interface on Wednesday.

词形变化

interfaces plural interfaces present,singular,third-person interfacing participle,present interfaced participle,past interfaced past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Late Latin faciō
Proto-Italic *-jēs
Late Latin -iēs
Late Latin faciēs
Late Latin facia
Old French facebor.
Middle English face
English face
English interface
From inter- (“between”) + face (“shape, figure, form”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Late Latin faciō
Proto-Italic *-jēs
Late Latin -iēs
Late Latin faciēs
Late Latin facia
Old French facebor.
Middle English face
English face
English interface
From inter- (“between”) + face (“shape, figure, form”).
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