| 释义 |
Adjective: primary prImeree [N. Amer], prImuree [Brit]- Of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
"primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" - Not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
"a primary instinct" - Most important element
"policemen were primary targets"
- chief, main, principal, master - Of or being the essential or basic part
- elementary, elemental - Of primary importance
- basal
Noun: primary prImeree [N. Amer], prImuree [Brit]- A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- primary election - One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
- primary feather, primary quill - (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- Coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighbouring circuit
"current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil"
- primary coil, primary winding
Derived forms: primaries See also: basic, capital, direct, essential, first, firsthand, first-string, important, of import, original, particular, primarily, special, underived Type of: celestial body, coil, election, flight feather, heavenly body, pinion, quill, quill feather Antonym: secondary Part of: transformer Encyclopedia: Primary |