| 单词 | primary |
| 释义 | primary (once / 181 pages) adjn Primary means basically "first." When you vote in a primary, that is the first election in a series. When a matter is of primary concern, it means it's of first importance. Primary school is the first you go to (after nursery school, at least). There's an interesting alternate system for counting first, second, third, etc. up to tenth. It's primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, and denary. There's also a word for twelfth, duodenary, though that — along with all the words after tertiary — is rarely used. WORD FAMILYprimary: primaries, primarily USAGE EXAMPLESCough is a primary way to clear the gunk. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) As a result, cardiac output is a primary determinant of metabolic activity. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Months after the primary, tensions were still running high when Taylor’s campaign manager tried to join the local GOP committee in Forbes’s stronghold of Chesapeake. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary primary goals a primary effect primary sources a primary interest Syn|Ant essential basic and fundamental firstpreceding all others in time or space or degree originalbeing or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of capitalof primary importance directbeing an immediate result or consequence firsthandreceived directly from a source first-stringbeing a regular member of a team original(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary particular, specialfirst and most important secondary being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate inessential, unessentialnot basic or fundamental unoriginalnot original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual alternate, alternative, substituteserving or used in place of another auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementaryfunctioning in a supporting capacity collateralaccompanying; concomitant indirectnot as a direct effect or consequence secondhandderived from what is primary or original; not firsthand second-stringbeing a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team standbyready for emergency use thirdhandderived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps tributary(of a stream) flowing into a larger stream substitute, utilitycapable of substituting in any of several positions on a team vicariousexperienced at secondhand 2adj of primary importance Syn basal essential basic and fundamental 3adj most important policemen were primary targets Syn chief, main, master, principal important, of import of great significance or value 4adj of or being the essential or basic part Syn elemental, elementary basic pertaining to or constituting a base or basis 5adj not derived from or reducible to something else; basic a primary instinct Syn underived not derived; primary or simple 6n a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen Syn|Hypo|Hyper primary election direct primary a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office closed primarya primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote open primarya primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party) election a vote to select the winner of a position or political office 7n one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing Syn|Hyper primary feather, primary quill flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird 8n (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it Hyper celestial body, heavenly body natural objects visible in the sky 9n coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil Syn|Hyper primary coil, primary winding coil reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit |
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