| 释义 |  scan /skan/  transitive verb (scannˈing; scanned (archaic scand))intransitive verb (prosody)To examine critically or closelyTo scrutinizeTo analyse metrically (prosody)To recite so as to bring out the metrical structure (prosody)To judge (obsolete)To interpret, read (Shakespeare)To make outTo examine all parts of in systematic order(in television) to pass a beam over every part of in turnTo 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 quicklyLoosely, to cast an eye negligently overTo climb, scale (archaic)
 noun To conform with the rules of metreTo analyse or recite verse metrically
 A scanningThe 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 scanA perforated disc (also scannˈing-disc) used in early televisionThe 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 verseScanning 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 |