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单词 unit
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unitnoun

uk/ˈjuː.nɪt/us/ˈjuː.nɪt/

unit noun (SEPARATE PART)

B1 [ C ] a single thing or a separate part of something larger:

Each unit of the text book focuses on a different grammar point.
The first year of the course is divided into four units.
The company plans to split into two or three units.

[ C ] a piece of furniture or equipment that is intended to be fitted as a part of a set of similar or matching pieces:

kitchen/shelf/sink units

[ C ] a small machine or part of a machine that has a particular purpose:

the central processing unit of a computer
a waste-disposal unit

[ C ] specialized business a single complete product of the type that a business sells

[ C ] US a single apartment in a bigger building:

The old house has been divided up into three rental units.
a public housing unit

More examples

  • The company announced plans to increase production to 10 000 units per month.
  • The coursework is divided into three units, and you are expected to complete Unit 1 this term.
  • I'd love to replace my old kitchen units - can you tell me the price of this particular drawer unit?
  • It would be better if products like crisps showed how much salt they contain per unit, not per 100 g.
  • If one carton contains 12 units, then you'd better order 10 cartons.

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Words meaning parts of things

  • back end
  • bifurcation
  • body
  • branch
  • cartridge
  • chunk
  • compartment
  • element
  • item
  • module
  • neck
  • section
  • segment
  • segmental
  • side
  • snatch
  • spare
  • sub
  • subsection
  • third

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Furniture & fittings - general words
Machines - general words
Machines - parts
Numbers: single, double & multiple
Products & producers
Houses & homes

unit noun (PEOPLE)

C1 [ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of people living or working together, especially for a particular purpose:

the traditional family unit
Both soldiers spent two weeks in training before being allowed to rejoin their unit (= the particular part of the army to which they belonged).
Dr Nussbaum is director of the Civil Liberties Research Unit at King's College, London.

More examples

  • a light/heavy infantry unit
  • The march will be heavily policed by an anti-riot unit.
  • In most countries, the family unit is still the cornerstone of society.

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Groups of people

  • alliance
  • an
  • assemblage
  • band
  • bee
  • corps
  • crop
  • galaxy
  • gang
  • ginger group
  • group
  • grouping
  • quarter
  • think tank
  • threesome
  • throng
  • tribe
  • trio
  • triumvirate
  • wing

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unit noun (MEASUREMENT)

[ C ] a standard measure that is used to express amounts:

A centimetre is a unit of length.
The standard unit of currency in the US is the dollar.

UK [ C ] a standard measure of alcohol:

Experts say that women should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week.

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Measurements in general

  • bathymetry
  • deep
  • dimension
  • distance
  • draught
  • drop
  • floor-length
  • hecto-
  • imperial
  • length
  • length
  • linear
  • measurable
  • mega
  • pico-
  • pitch
  • ply
  • tyre pressure
  • vital statistics
  • wheelbase

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Spirits & distilling
Measuring & weighing

unit noun (HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT)

[ C ] a department in a hospital for the treatment of people with similar illnesses or conditions:

She's in the burns/paediatric/psychiatric unit.

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Medical places & organizations

  • A & E
  • asylum
  • detoxification centre
  • ear, nose, and throat
  • ENT
  • er
  • health maintenance organization
  • institution
  • intensive care
  • lunatic asylum
  • madhouse
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • mental hospital
  • operating room
  • outpatients
  • sanitarium
  • surgery
  • the funny farm
  • theatre

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unit noun (SINGLE NUMBER)

[ C ] any whole number less than ten:

Tens go in the left-hand column and units in the right.

specialized mathematics [ C ] the number 1

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Numbers generally

  • antilogarithm
  • Arabic numeral
  • C, c
  • cardinal
  • D, d
  • digit
  • I, i
  • infinity
  • L, l
  • log
  • logarithm
  • M, m
  • mode
  • nos
  • number
  • ordinal
  • quantitative
  • serial number
  • whole number
  • X, x

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Numbers: cardinal, including nought & zero
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