| 释义 |
ap·pen·dix
I. \əˈpendiks, -ēks\ noun
(plural appendixes \-ksə̇z\ ; or appendi·ces \-də(ˌ)sēz\)
Etymology: Latin appendic-, appendix, from appendere to attach — more at append (attach)
1. : appendage
< the principle of official management was invented … as a natural appendix to political dictatorship — N.S.Timasheff >
2. : matter added to a book but not essential to its completeness (as a bibliography or a series of tables usually following the text)
3. : a supplementary part or process attached to another part; specifically : vermiform appendix
4. : the tube that is located at the bottom of a balloon and used in inflation and deflation
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
: to add as an appendix : append
< appendixed, indexed, and footnoted the book in bang-up scholarly fashion — New Yorker > |