| 单词 | assembly |
| 释义 | assembly /euh sem"blee/, n. , pl. assemblies. 1. an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly. 2. a group of persons gathered together, usually for a particular purpose, whether religious, political, educational, or social. 3. (often cap.) Govt. a legislative body, esp. the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.: a bill before the assembly; the New York State Assembly. 4. Mil. a. a signal, as by drum or bugle, for troops to fall into ranks or otherwise assemble. b. the movement of forces, tanks, soldiers, etc., scattered by battle or battle drill, toward and into a small area. 5. the putting together of complex machinery, as airplanes, from interchangeable parts of standard dimensions. 6. Mach. a group of machine parts, esp. one forming a self-contained, independently mounted unit. Cf. subassembly. [1275-1325; ME assemblee < MF, lit., (that which is) assembled, fem. ptp. of assembler to ASSEMBLE] Syn. 1, 2. assemblage, gathering, congress, meeting. See convention. 2. throng. 3. congress, representatives. |
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