Tier
[tɪə] or [tɪr]
解释:
(noun.) one of two or more layers one atop another; 'tier upon tier of huge casks'; 'a three-tier wedding cake'.
(noun.) something that is used for tying; 'the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers'.
(noun.) a worker who ties something.
(noun.) any one of two or more competitors who tie one another.
阿曼达录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who, or that which, ties.
(n.) A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.
(v. t.) A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater.
手打:卡尔
同义词及近义词：
n. Row, rank, series.
科琳录入
解释:
n. a row or rank especially when several rows are placed one above another.
录入:米尔顿
例句:
- As he spoke the Count looked downwards towards the boxes behind us on the pit tier. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Thirty guineas were, I know, refused for a box on the upper tier. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- After tests with superposed sustaining surfaces, he adhered to the single-tier plan. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Just beneath the lowest tier of seats was a series of barred cages on a level with the surface of the arena. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Therein lies my métier, and it is just possible that it may be of some service in the investigation which lies before us. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Around the sides of the room, bounding this open space, run two tiers of gallery, divided, as is the main floor beneath them; into alcoves of liberal dimensions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- And what's more,--the boat's drove tight by the tide 'atwixt two tiers of barges. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Cugnot, in 1769, built a steam carriage, which is still preserved in the museum of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in Paris. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
朱厄尔录入