单词 | para |
释义 | Word Frequency para 1(ˈpɑːrə) nounWord forms: plural -ras or -ra a monetary unit of Serbia worth one hundredth of a dinar; formerly a monetary unit of Yugoslavia Word origin C17: Serbo-Croat, via Turkish from Persian pārah piece, portionWord Frequency para 2(ˈpærə) noun informal 1. a. a soldier in an airborne unit b. an airborne unit 2. a paragraph Word Frequency para 3(ˈpɑːrɑː) nounWord forms: plural para or parae a New Zealand fern, Marattia salicina, with long heavy fronds Also called: horseshoe fern, king fernWord origin MāoriWord Frequency Pará(Portuguese paˈra) noun 1. a state of N Brazil, on the Atlantic: mostly dense tropical rainforest Capital: Bel ém. Pop: 6 453 683 (2002). Area: 1 248 042 sq km (474 896 sq miles) 2. another name for Belém 3. an estuary in N Brazil into which flow the Tocantins River and a branch of the Amazon. Length: about 320 km (200 miles) Word Frequency para- 1 or before a vowel par- prefix 1. beside; near parameter parathyroid 2. beyond parapsychology 3. resembling paramnesia 4. defective; abnormal paraesthesia 5. subsidiary to paraphysis 6. (usually in italics) denoting that an organic compound contains a benzene ring with substituents attached to atoms that are directly opposite across the ring (the 1,4- positions) paradinitrobenzene para-cresol Abbreviation: p-. Compare ortho- (sense 4), meta- (sense 4) 7. denoting an isomer, polymer, or compound related to a specified compound paraldehyde paracasein 8. denoting the form of a diatomic substance in which the spins of the two constituent atoms are antiparallel parahydrogen Compare ortho- (sense 6)Word origin from Greek para (prep) alongside, beyondWord Frequency para- 2combining form indicating an object that acts as a protection against something parachute parasol Word origin via French from Italian para-, from parare to defend, shield against, ultimately from Latin parāre to prepare |
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