| 释义 |
se·ri·al
I. \ˈsirēəl, ˈsēr-\ adjective
Etymology: series + -al
1. : of, relating to, consisting of, or arranged in a series, rank, or row
< serial pictures >
< serial observations >
< a serial act like walking — A.T.Weaver >
2. : occurring in regular succession
< serial concerts >
3. : appearing in successive parts or numbers
< a serial story >
< a serial play >
< wrote her a serial account of his adventures — J.W.Krutch >
4. : belonging to a series; specifically : belonging to a series maturing in installments periodically rather than on a single maturity date
< serial bonds >
< serial equipment trust certificates >
5. : causing or producing a series
< serial production of a new-model boat >
< denies that he is the pursued serial murderer — Siegfried Kracauer >
6. : stichic
7. : of or relating to music based on a series of tones in a fixed order without regard to traditional tonality; especially : twelve-tone
II. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : a novel or other literary or pictorial work published in sections in successive issues of a publication
b. : a section of such a serial appearing in a single issue of a publication
< a cartoon serial … in a boys' magazine — Malcolm Lowry >
2. : a publication (as a newspaper, journal, yearbook, or bulletin) issued as one of a consecutively numbered and indefinitely continued series
3.
a. : a motion picture or radio or television play presented in a number of successive installments or continued indefinitely
< soap-opera serials >
b. : a single installment of such a serial
< sit through six complete showings of the western and the serial — William Humphrey >
— compare episode 1d
4. : a subdivision (as of a military force) for movement by marching, by water (as in amphibious operations), or by air
< could see shells exploding along the rear of the serial — Combat Forces Journal >
< battalion … moving as an independent serial — P.W.Thompson >
III. adjective
1. : relating to or being a connection in a computer system in which the bits of a byte are transmitted sequentially over a single wire — compare parallel 2 herein
2.
a. : performing a series of similar acts over a period of time
< a serial killer >
b. : occurring in or involving such a series
< a serial murder >
< serial monogamy > |