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单词 compound
释义 com·pound
I. \(ˈ)käm|pau̇nd, kəmˈp-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: alteration of Middle English compounen, from Middle French compon-, stem of compondre to put together, arrange, from Latin componere, from com- + ponere to put, place — more at position
transitive verb
1. : to put together (as elements, ingredients, or parts) to form a whole : combine, unite
2.
 a. : to form or make up (as a composite product) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts
  < compound a medicine >
  < a philosophy compounded of affirmation, action, compassion, and universalism — Norman Cousins >
 b. obsolete : compose, create
  < compounded many hymns and psalms — Richard Montagu >
3. : to settle amicably : adjust by agreement : discharge (an obligation) upon terms different from those which were stipulated, claimed, or demanded (as when a smaller sum is accepted than was asked) : compromise
4.
 a. : to increase by geometric progression or by an increment that itself increases
  < interest is compounded quarterly >
 b. : to cause to multiply at a faster and faster rate
 c. : to add to : augment
  < we compounded our error in later policy — Robert Lekachman >
  < express roads and parkways … have compounded … parking problems immensely — Hal Burton >
5. : to forbear prosecution of (an offense) for a consideration
 < compound a felony >
6. : to wind the field magnets of (a dynamo) so as to make excitable by both a shunt and a series current
7. : to combine (as forces and velocities) into a single resultant
intransitive verb
1. : to unite into or as if into a compound
 < his virtues and vices compounded into a contradictory personality no one could understand >
2. : to come to terms of agreement or payment : settle by a compromise : agree
 < compound with the enemy for peace >
 < no attempt to compound with God, to offer future good behavior in exchange for forgiveness — C.S.Forester >
II. \(ˈ)käm|pau̇nd also kəmˈp-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English compouned, from past participle of compounen
1.
 a. : composed of or produced by the union of several elements, ingredients, parts, or things
  < a compound substance >
 b. : involving combination : composite
  < compound management >
 c. logic : consisting of several elements; specifically : having more than one proposition
 d. : having or consisting of two, three, or four groups of simple time units to the musical measure
  < 6/8 and 9/8 are compound rhythms >
  < compound time >
 e. botany : composed of two or more similar parts forming a common whole
  < a compound ovary >
 f. : composed of several joined individuals or elements
2. of an electrical machine : compound-wound
3.
 a. of a word
  (1) : being a compound (sense 1a) — compare complex
  (2) : being a compound (sense 1b)
 b. of a sentence : having more than one main clause
  < I told him to leave and he left is a compound sentence >
  — compare complex
 c. of a tense : formed by the use of an auxiliary verb
  < is going, are written, has seen, will arrive are compound tenses >
  — opposed to simple
4. of a fabric : having one or more extra warps or wefts or both
III. \ˈkämˌpau̇nd\ noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : a word consisting of components that are words (as rowboat, fireman, high school, devil-may-care, airtight, outrun, thereby, whereas, into) — compare complex
 b. : a word consisting of components that are words, are a word and a combining form (as centimeter), are a word and a noninflectional affix (as builder, reenter), are combining forms (as biology), or are a combining form and a noninflectional affix (as cephalad, chlorate)
 c. printing : a hyphened term
2. : something (as a substance, idea, creation) that is formed by a union of elements, ingredients, or parts
 < a poisonous compound >
 < a compound of Christian mysticism and Greek philosophy >
 < a compound of contradictions >
 a. : a chemically distinct substance formed by union of two or more ingredients (as elements) in definite proportion by weight and with definite structural arrangement
  < water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen >
  < the benzene ring is characteristic of numerous complex organic compounds >
  — see addition compound, adsorption compound
 b. : a plastering base coat to which sand is added later on the job
 c. : a compound engine or compound locomotive
 d. : a system of gears on roving and spinning frames to keep yarn speed constant as bobbin circumference increases with the winding of added layers
 e. : a mental process (as a blend or pattern) in which different components can be distinguished
3. : composition
 < the peculiar compound of such material >
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by folk etymology (influence of compound) (III) from Malay kampung, kampong group, gathering, cluster of buildings, village
1.
 a. : a well-demarcated complex of European residences and commercial buildings (as warehouses and factories) especially in the East Indies, India, and China
 b. : an enclosure within which the laborers at So. African gold or diamond mines are confined
 c. : a large fenced or walled-in area (as in a prison, detention camp, or cattle yard)
2. Africa : inferior beef
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