| 单词 | neutral |
| 释义 | neutral —neutrally, adv. /nooh"treuhl, nyooh"-/, adj. 1. not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II. 2. not aligned with or supporting any side or position in a controversy: The arbitrator was absolutely neutral. 3. of or belonging to a neutral state or party: neutral territory. 4. of no particular kind, characteristics, etc.; indefinite: a neutral personality that made no impression whatever; a sex-neutral job title. 5. (of a color or shade) a. gray; without hue; of zero chroma; achromatic. b. matching well with many or most other colors or shades, as white or beige. 6. Bot. , Zool. neuter. 7. not causing or reflecting a change in something: It is believed that the new tax law will be revenue neutral. 8. Chem. exhibiting neither acid nor alkaline qualities: neutral salts. 9. Physics. a. (of a particle) having no charge. b. (of an atom, molecule, collection of particles, fluid, or solid) having no net charge; electroneutral; not electrified. c. not magnetized. 10. Phonet. (of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue relaxed in a central position, as the a in alive; reduced. n. 11. a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war. 12. a citizen of a neutral nation during a war. 13. Mach. , Auto. the position or state of disengaged gears or other interconnecting parts: in neutral. 14. a neutral color. [1400-50; late ME < L neutralis grammatically neuter. See NEUTER, -AL1] Syn. 2. impartial, disinterested, dispassionate, uninvolved, unbiased. |
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