单词 | serial |
释义 | serial From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishserialse‧ri‧al1 /ˈsɪəriəl $ ˈsɪr-/ noun [countable]SERIESa story that is broadcast or printed in several separate parts on television, in a magazine etc a television serial a six-part serialExamples from the Corpusserial• Their letters of planning went back and forth like installments of a serial.• What was between them was, I vaguely recall, a children's classic drama serial, i.e. Charles Dickens dramatisations etc.• And when the hospital serial finished they carried their coffee across to the set and watched the courtroom serial.• I love the old Saturday morning serials from the 1940s.• In the tradition of the old Saturday-afternoon movie serials, our melodramatic debate over the serial comma continues.• Don't miss the latest episode in our serial, "David Copperfield."• I had recorded my favourite radio serial one evening, along with twenty minutes of a programme which happened to follow it.• The BBC sells most of its successful serials to the US.• The television serial should return it there. serialserial2 adjective [only before noun]1 → serial killer/murderer etc 2 → serial killings/murders etc3 ORDER/SEQUENCEarranged or happening one after the other in the correct orderin the same serial order. Keep the questions 4 printed or broadcast in several separate parts cheap serial publications —serially adverbExamples from the Corpusserial• Some computer printers - so called, serial printers - receive their information from the host computer sequentially.From Longman Business Dictionaryserialse‧ri‧al /ˈsɪəriəlˈsɪr-/ adjective [only before a noun]1FINANCE serial bonds etc are a set of investments which MATURE (=become due for payment) at regular intervals over a period of timeAll of the issue’sserial bonds have split maturities of March 1 and Sept. 1.The Exchange launched serial options in its sugar market yesterday.2computing sending data one bit (=unit) at a time over a single wireThe serial transmission of data can be used over long distances. → compare parallel3appearing or happening in a fixed order, one after the otherIf you use the index facility on your PC, a serial search is not necessary.We are considering serial publication (=printing parts of a book at regular intervals, for example in a newspaper or magazine).Origin serial2 (1800-1900) series |
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