| 单词 | dominant |
| 释义 | dominant (once / 521 pages) 1adj 2n 3nadj Dominant means to be in control. In a wolf pack, one male wolf fights the others, wins, and is considered the dominant, or alpha male. The other wolves in the pack do what he tells them. Dominant derives from the Latin dominus which means "lord or master." If you grew up with a Latin mass, you will recognize this as one of many words for God. If you're dominant, it means you treat others as if you're their master. You can also use dominant to describe something frequent or common. For example, when cell phones first came out, their dominant use was for making calls. Now cells phone do so much more, some people hardly make calls on them at all. WORD FAMILYdominant: dominance, dominantly, dominants, subdominant+/dominance: dominances USAGE EXAMPLESThe league continues to evolve, with the passing game becoming more dominant. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) With no great, dominant team, the path is wide open. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The tip of the blade should be parallel to the dominant shoulder. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj most frequent or common Syn predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife frequent coming at short intervals or habitually 2adj exercising influence or control 2television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion the dominant partner in the marriage Syn|Ant ascendant, ascendent, dominating most powerful or important or influential controllingable to control or determine policy governingresponsible for making and enforcing rules and laws overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderatinghaving superior power and influence possessivehaving or showing a desire to control or dominate sovereign, supremegreatest in status or authority or power superior(sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by superiorof or characteristic of high rank or importance low-level, subordinate lower in rank or importance adjunct, assistantof or relating to a person who is subordinate to another associatehaving partial rights and privileges or subordinate status secondarybelonging to a lower class or rank underlower in rank, power, or authority subordinatesubject or submissive to authority or the control of another inferiorof or characteristic of low rank or importance n (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale 3Hyper musical note, note, tone a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound 1n an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different Syn|Hyper dominant allele allele, allelomorph (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character 2adj (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar Ant recessive (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical |
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