释义 |
scan /skan/ transitive verb (scannˈing; scanned (archaic scand))- To examine critically or closely
- To scrutinize
- To analyse metrically (prosody)
- To recite so as to bring out the metrical structure (prosody)
- To judge (obsolete)
- To interpret, read (Shakespeare)
- To make out
- To examine all parts of in systematic order
- (in television) to pass a beam over every part of in turn
- To make pictorial records of (the body or part of it) by various techniques, eg ultrasonics (medicine)
- To examine data on (a magnetic disk, etc)
- To search out by swinging the beam (radar)
- To glance over quickly
- Loosely, to cast an eye negligently over
- To climb, scale (archaic)
intransitive verb (prosody)- To conform with the rules of metre
- To analyse or recite verse metrically
noun- A scanning
- The image, etc produced by scanning or by a scanner
ORIGIN: L scandere, scānsum to climb scannˈable adjective scannˈer noun - A person who scans or can scan
- A perforated disc (also scannˈing-disc) used in early television
- The rotating aerial by which the beam is made to scan (radar)
- An instrument which scans, esp (medicine) one that makes an image of an internal organ
scannˈing noun and adjective scanˈsion noun - The act, art, or mode of analysing the metrical patterns of verse
- Scanning in television
scanning electron microscope noun An electron microscope that produces a three-dimensional image, allowing the surface structure of a specimen to be examined (abbrev SEM) scanning speech noun (medicine) A speech disorder caused by cerebellar disease in which syllables are improperly separated and given equal stress |