单词 | random |
释义 | random —randomly, adv. —randomness, n. /ran"deuhm/, adj. 1. proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers. 2. Statistics. of or characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen. 3. Building Trades. a. (of building materials) lacking uniformity of dimensions: random shingles. b. (of ashlar) laid without continuous courses. c. constructed or applied without regularity: random bond. n. 4. Chiefly Brit. bank3 (def. 7b). 5. at random, without definite aim, purpose, method, or adherence to a prior arrangement; in a haphazard way: Contestants were chosen at random from the studio audience. adv. 6. Building Trades. without uniformity: random-sized slates. [1275-1325; ME raundon, random < OF randon, deriv. of randir to gallop < Gmc] Syn. 1. haphazard, chance, fortuitous. |
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