单词 | terminal |
释义 | Word Frequency terminal(ˈtɜːmɪnəl) adjective 1. of, being, or situated at an end, terminus, or boundary a terminal station terminal buds 2. of, relating to, or occurring after or in a term terminal leave 3. (of a disease) terminating in death terminal cancer 4. informal extreme terminal boredom 5. of or relating to the storage or delivery of freight at a warehouse a terminal service noun 6. a terminating point, part, or place 7. a. a point at which current enters or leaves an electrical device, such as a battery or a circuit b. a conductor by which current enters or leaves at such a point 8. computing a device having input / output links with a computer but situated at a distance from the computer 9. architecture a. an ornamental carving at the end of a structure b. another name for term (sense 10) 10. a. a point or station usually at the end of the line of a railway, serving as an important access point for passengers or freight b. a less common name for terminus 11. a purpose-built reception and departure structure at the terminus of a bus, sea, or air transport route 12. a site where raw material is unloaded, stored, in some cases reprocessed, and reloaded for further transportation, esp an onshore installation designed to receive offshore oil or gas from tankers or a pipeline 13. physiology a. the smallest arteriole before its division into capillaries b. either of two veins that collect blood from the thalamus and surrounding structures and empty it into the internal cerebral vein c. the portion of a bronchiole just before it subdivides into the air sacs of the lungs Derived forms terminally (ˈterminally) adverb Word origin C15: from Latin terminālis, from terminus end |
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