| 单词 | symmetrical |
| 释义 | symmetrical (once / 2156 pages) adj Something that is symmetrical has corresponding similar parts: in other words, one side is the same as the other. If you can draw a line down the center of something and get two similar halves, it’s symmetrical. Shapes like squares and circles are symmetrical. Unless you've had a serious injury like losing a limb, the human body is symmetrical. Some people think that faces that are more perfectly symmetrical are more beautiful than other faces. On the other hand, an eye patch tends to look kind of cool, even though it makes a face unsymmetrical. WORD FAMILYsymmetrical: symmetrically, symmetricalness, unsymmetrical+/symmetric: unsymmetric/symmetrise: symmetrised/symmetrize: symmetrized/symmetry: dissymmetry, supersymmetry, symmetric, symmetrical, symmetries, symmetrise, symmetrize/unsymmetrical: unsymmetrically USAGE EXAMPLESEuropeans thought of the world as perfect and symmetrical, according to “Franklin’s Lost Ship,” a book by John Geiger and Alanna Mitchell. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) The queens came off on Move 19, and by Move 30 the players were down to a bishop apiece and a completely symmetrical pawn structure. Washington Times(Nov 28, 2016) Seconds later, he and Skiles felt a sudden, complete and bilaterally symmetrical loss of thrust. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) 1adj exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities Syn harmonious, proportionate balanced being in a state of proper equilibrium 2adj having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts Syn|Ant symmetric parallel being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting regularin accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle bilateral, bilaterally symmetric, bilaterally symmetrical, isobilateralhaving identical parts on each side of an axis biradialshowing both bilateral and radial symmetry cruciate, cruciformshaped like a cross even, regularsymmetrically arranged interchangeable(mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged isosceles(of a triangle) having two sides of equal length radial, radiate, stellatearranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center centrosymmetric, radially symmetricalhaving a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a central point rhombohedral, trigonalhaving threefold symmetry asymmetric, asymmetrical characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components irregularcontrary to rule or accepted order or general practice lopsidedhaving one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other noninterchangeablesuch that the terms of an expression cannot be interchanged without changing the meaning unsymmetric, unsymmetricallacking symmetry |
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