单词 | cancel |
释义 | Word Frequency cancel(ˈkænsəl) verbWord forms: -cels, -celling, -celledWord forms: US -cels, -celing or -celed (mainly tr) 1. to order (something already arranged, such as a meeting or event) to be postponed indefinitely; call off 2. to revoke or annul the order for the new television was cancelled 3. to delete (writing, numbers, etc); cross out he cancelled his name and substituted hers 4. to mark (a cheque, postage stamp, ticket, etc) with an official stamp or by a perforation to prevent further use 5. (also intr; usually foll by out) to counterbalance; make up for (a deficiency, etc) his generosity cancelled out his past unkindness 6. a. to close (an account) by discharging any outstanding debts b. (sometimes foll by out) accounting to eliminate (a debit or credit) by making an offsetting entry on the opposite side of the account 7. mathematics a. to eliminate (numbers, quantities, or terms) as common factors from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction or as equal terms from opposite sides of an equation b. (intransitive) to be able to be eliminated in this way 8. slang to publicly cease to acknowledge (a person, organization, etc), esp on social media, in order to express disapproval of their activities or opinions noun 9. a new leaf or section of a book replacing a defective one, one containing errors, or one that has been omitted 10. a less common word for cancellation 11. music a US word for natural (sense 20) Derived forms canceller (ˈcanceller) or US canceler (ˈcanceler) noun Word origin C14: from Old French canceller, from Medieval Latin cancellāre, from Late Latin: to strike out, make like a lattice, from Latin cancellī lattice, grating |
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