| 单词 | alpha |
| 释义 | alpha (once / 2770 pages) nadj Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet. Many college fraternities are named after two or three Greek letters, often including an alpha. Scientists frequently use alpha to mean the first item in a list or series, or the most important item in a group. An uppercase alpha looks identical to a capital A, while the lowercase version is similar but not identical to a small a: α. The Greek alpha comes from the Hebrew and Phoenician aleph, a form of the word for "ox," eleph, possibly because the character resembled an ox's head. WORD FAMILYalpha: alphas USAGE EXAMPLESThe role of mediator is one Chancellor embraces, and it’s an important one on a team with big personalities and alpha males. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Cruz relishes the chance to beat another fighter from the Team Alpha Male camp in Northern California. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) He says the fourth fraternity, Alpha Sigma Phi, is still under interim suspension. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1n the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet Hyper alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech 2n the beginning of a series or sequence "the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelations Hyper start the beginning of anything 3adj first in order of importance the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star Syn important, of import of great significance or value 4adj early testing stage of a software or hardware product alpha version Syn explorative, exploratory serving in or intended for exploration or discovery |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。