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单词 spectrum
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spectrum

noun
 
/ˈspektrəm/
/ˈspektrəm/
(plural spectra
/ˈspektrə/
/ˈspektrə/
)
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  1.  
    a band of coloured lights in order of their wavelengths, as seen in a rainbow and into which light may be separated
    • A spectrum is formed by a ray of light passing through a prism.
    • Red and violet are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
    Extra Examples
    • Other species can perceive colours of the spectrum that are invisible to us.
    • These wavelengths correspond to red in the visible spectrum.
    • a continuous spectrum of light waves
    • the ultraviolet part of the spectrum
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • visible
    • colour/​color
    • electromagnetic
    phrases
    • the colours/​colors of the spectrum
    • the… end of the spectrum
    • the… part of the spectrum
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  2.  
    a range of sound waves or several other types of wave
    • the electromagnetic/radio/sound spectrum
    Topics Physics and chemistryc1
  3.  
    [usually singular] a complete or wide range of related qualities, ideas, etc.
    • a broad spectrum of interests
    • We shall hear views from across the political spectrum.
    Extra Examples
    • The policy has the support of a broad spectrum of opinion.
    • a wide spectrum of interests
    • These thinkers represent a wide spectrum of political perspectives.
    • There was consensus across the political spectrum.
    • The two speakers were chosen to represent opposite ends of the spectrum.
    • The newspaper covers a broad spectrum of opinion.
    • The courses cover the full spectrum of levels.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • complete
    • full
    • broad
    verb + spectrum
    • cover
    • span
    • represent
    preposition
    • across the spectrum
    • spectrum of
    phrases
    • at one end of the spectrum
    • at the other end of the spectrum
    • both ends of the spectrum
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  4. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘spectre’): from Latin, literally ‘image, apparition’, from specere ‘to look’.
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