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单词 package
释义 pack·age
I. \ˈpakij, -kēj\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: probably from Dutch pakkage, from pak pack (from Middle Dutch) + -age (after bagage baggage, from Middle Dutch, from Middle English) — more at pack, baggage
1. [pack (II) + -age] archaic : the act or process of packing
 < the privileges of the package of cloths and certain other outward-bound goods — Patrick Colquhoun >
2.
 a. : a small or moderate-sized pack : bundle, parcel
  < carts, into which packages were being shot from the warehouses — Virginia Woolf >
  < before any package or parcel is accepted for mailing the sender must … endorse the wrapper — U.S. Official Postal Guide >
 b. : a commodity in its container : a unit of a product uniformly processed, wrapped, or sealed for distribution
  < package of cigarettes >
  < handled 6.8 million packages of fruits and vegetables — C.K.Baker >
  < the biggest seller was a package of four Chinese peel tub chairs — Retailing Daily >
 c. : a preassembled unit ready for installation or use
  < with men responsible for the selection and installation of heating units, choice starts with the package itself — American Builder >
  < a new self-contained machine gun package that is hooked on under the wings — Science News Letter >
3.
 a. : a covering wrapper or container
  < nature gave the banana a good packageadvt >
 specifically : a protective unit for storing or shipping a commodity
  < designing a package that attracts the eye of the customer and at the same time protects the merchandise — Christian Science Monitor >
 b. : any of the various forms (as cheeses, spools, pirns, tubes) in which yarn or thread is wound for processing and handling
4. : something that resembles a package: as
 a. : something organized into or constituting a compact unit
  < Luxembourg is a diminutive package stretching for fifty-seven miles — New York Times >
  < formless processes that are seldom easy to put in headline packages — Joseph Alsop >
  < wry humor, pertinent reflection, and good … melodrama, all in one package — Phil Stong >
 b. : a combination of related elements to be accepted or rejected as a whole
  < sell them a … complete package (lot, house, equipment and financing in a single transaction) — F.A.Gutheim >
  < a series of treaties and agreements forming a single package — S.B.Fay >
  < the purchaser is tendered a package, consisting of a specified amount of common stock with each unit of the senior issue — R.U.Cooper >
 specifically : a complete show or series of shows ready for presentation and usually bought by a sponsor or network for a lump sum
  < purchasing the entire show as a live-talent or transcribed package — Roger Barton >
  < a quarter-hour TV package — R.L.Shayon >
  < swung through the Midwest (as part of a jazz concert package) — Time >
 c. : a combination of benefits
  < the consumer appeal of a dealer's credit plan depends … upon the size and composition of the package the consumer gets for what he pays — C.W.Phelps >
 especially : contract benefits gained through collective bargaining
  < a 10-cent hourly package — seven cents to go into a pension fund and three for health and welfare benefits — Wall Street Journal >
 d. : a combination of necessaries (as food or tickets) and services usually offered at a special rate
  < the sports package includes accommodations in heated cabins, with or without bath and meals; two sessions at the ski school and unlimited use of the ski lifts — O.R.Geyer >
  < package vacation >
 e. slang
  (1) : composite
   < only five feet tall but … a package of lovely curves — H.D.Osborne >
  (2) : the police record of a criminal
   < his package listed a prison record on a rape charge — Courtney McClendon >
II. \“, esp in pres part -kəj\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to make into or as if into a package
 < designers showed great ingenuity in constructing and packaging these houses — Americana Annual >
 < furnished as a packaged-type power unit ready to operate — Air Tools >
 < neatly packages her findings — James Hilton >
 < his demands for Greece will probably be packaged with those for China and Turkey — New Republic >
specifically : to produce as an entertainment package
 < will package annually six half-hour TV shows by each writer — Henry Hewes >
2. : to enclose in a package or protective covering
 < there are two ways a designer can package this space — New Yorker >
 < the car packages its riders like fragile merchandise — A.J.Despagni >
 < airplanes shipped overseas are now packaged with a spray of plastic solution — Aero Products >
specifically : to put (a commodity) into a protective wrapper or container for shipment or storage
 < cured hams … have been sent out frozen, canned, and otherwise packagedNew Yorker >
 < the company … will package about 505 of its beets and 505 of its turnips in these bags — Lee Geist >
 < besides aspirin … packages saccharin, eye drops, rubbing alcohol — Monsanto Magazine >
III. noun
: a ready-made computer program or collection of related software
IV. transitive verb
: to present in such a way as to heighten appeal
 < how to package and hype political parties and candidates for the purpose of winning elections — John Lukacs >
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