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单词 terminal
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terminal

noun
 
/ˈtɜːmɪnl/
/ˈtɜːrmɪnl/
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  1.  
    a building or set of buildings at an airport where passengers arrive and leave
    • A second terminal was opened last year.
    • Your flight leaves from Terminal 3.
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    • airport
    • baggage reclaim
    • board
    • check-in
    • gate
    • immigration
    • lounge
    • passport
    • security
    • terminal
    see also air terminalTopics Transport by airb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • international
    • air
    • airport
    terminal + noun
    • building
    preposition
    • at a/​the terminal
    • in a/​the terminal
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  2.  
    a place, building or set of buildings where journeys by train, bus or boat begin or end
    • a railway/bus/ferry terminal
    Extra Examples
    • The new high-speed train will stop at a terminal to be built at Kings Cross station.
    • They intend to build a massive new rail terminal.
    • When I woke up I was in the bus terminal.
    Topics Transport by waterb2, Transport by bus and trainb2, Buildingsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • international
    • air
    • airport
    terminal + noun
    • building
    preposition
    • at a/​the terminal
    • in a/​the terminal
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  3.  
    (computing) a piece of equipment, usually consisting of a keyboard and a screen that joins the user to a central computer system
    Extra Examples
    • Internet terminals have been installed at most libraries.
    • All she did was press a few keys on the terminal.
    • The larger financial institutions have over 200 news and data terminals in their offices.
    • There were two students at each terminal.
    see also data terminalTopics Computersc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • computer
    • Internet
    • network
    verb + terminal
    • connect
    • install
    • use
    terminal + noun
    • screen
    • server
    preposition
    • at a/​the terminal
    • on a/​the terminal
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  4. (specialist) a point at which connections can be made in an electric circuit
    • a positive/negative terminal
  5. Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin terminalis, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.

terminal

adjective
 
/ˈtɜːmɪnl/
/ˈtɜːrmɪnl/
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  1.  
    (of an illness or a disease) that cannot be cured and will lead to death, often slowly
    • He has terminal lung cancer.
    • The illness is usually terminal.
    • (figurative) She's suffering from terminal (= very great) boredom.
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    • acute
    • condition
    • health
    • medicine
    • outbreak
    • pain
    • recover
    • relapse
    • terminal
    • treatment
    Topics Illnessc1
  2.  
    (of a person) suffering from an illness that cannot be cured and will lead to death
    • a terminal patient
  3.  
    certain to get worse and come to an end
    • The industry is in terminal decline.
  4. [only before noun] (formal or specialist) at the end of something
    • a terminal branch of a tree
    • terminal examinations (= at the end of a course, etc.)
  5. Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin terminalis, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.
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