Compound
['kɒmpaʊnd] or ['kɑmpaʊnd]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient).
(noun.) a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts.
(noun.) (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight.
(verb.) put or add together; 'combine resources'.
(verb.) combine so as to form a whole; mix; 'compound the ingredients'.
(verb.) create by mixing or combining.
(verb.) calculate principal and interest.
(adj.) composed of more than one part; 'compound leaves are composed of several lobes; 'compound flower heads' .
(adj.) consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; 'soap is a compound substance'; 'housetop is a compound word'; 'a blackberry is a compound fruit' .
乔纳森手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
(v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
(v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
(v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
(v. t.) To compose; to constitute.
(v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.
(v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
(v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
(n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
(n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
亚伯整理
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Mix, mingle, intermix, intermingle, blend, combine, amalgamate.[2]. Compromise, settle, adjust.
v. n. Compromise, agree, come to terms, come to an agreement, make an arrangement.
a. Complex, composite, compounded.
n. [1]. Mixture, medley, olio, farrago, hodge-podge.[2]. [In the East Indies.] Yard (round a building), enclosure.
手打:齐妮亚
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Concert, mix, amalgamate, fuse
ANT:Resolve, analyze
SYN:Mixture, combination, amalgamation, junction, unification, coalescence
ANT:Decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution
手打:罗纳德
解釋/意思:
v.t. to mix or combine: to settle or adjust by agreement.—v.i. to agree or come to terms: to bargain in the lump.—adj. Com′pound mixed or composed of a number of parts: not simple dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity &c. as in 'compound addition ' &c.; or with processes more complex than the simple process as in 'compound proportion ' &c.—n. a mass made up of a number of parts: the usual name in India for the enclosure in which a house stands with its outhouses yard and garden: a compounded drug.—n. Compound′er.—Compound engine a condensing engine in which the mechanical action of the steam is begun in one cylinder and ended in a larger cylinder; Compound fracture a broken bone communicating with a co-existing skin wound; Compound householder one who pays his rates in his rent the landlord being immediately chargeable with them; Compound interest the charge made where—the interest not being paid when due—it is added to the principal forming the amount upon which the subsequent year's interest is computed; Compound quantity (alg.) a quantity consisting of more than one term as a + b; Compound time (mus.) time in which each bar is made up of two or more simple bars.
編輯:丽诺尔
例句/造句/用法:
- These experiments and these testimonies prove conclusively that this compound will preserve cream. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- By the year 1880 the standard form of marine engine for large powers had become the compound double cylinder type, expanding steam from an initial pressure as high as 90 pounds. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Compound utterances addressed themselves to their senses, and it was possible to view by ear the features of the neighbourhood. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The resultant compound i n turn dissolved water; hence the phenomena of evaporation. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- It was found, however, in practice, that the compound gas thus formed was more costly than ordinary coal gas, and the plan has been discontinued. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- And this compound engine is practically the very engine that we have to-day. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- In using the compound it is applied locally in the usual manner by means of the fingers or any material by which the application can be thoroughly effected. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- One of these compounds, namely, chloride of lime, is the almost universal bleaching agent of commerce. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Among the important and interesting achievements of chemistry in the Nineteenth Century is the _artificial production of organic compounds_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- For this reason, they have to depend solely upon nitrogenous compounds which are present in the soil and are soluble in water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The embodiment of such compounds in the little copper caps was made about 1818, and has been claimed by various parties. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The presence of these nitrogen compounds influences the action of the chlorine and produces unsatisfactory results. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- And if any person compounds with the hundred for less than this penalty, he is to be imprisoned for five years; and any other person may prosecute. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In 1828 Wohler produced urea from inorganic substances, which was the first example of the synthetic production of organic compounds, and it was for many years the only product so formed. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The noble lady's condition on these delightful occasions was one compounded of heroic endurance and heroic forgiveness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The removal of either of these destroys the passion; which evidently proves that the cause Is a compounded one. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The above view of the sterility of hybrids being caused by two constitutions being compounded into one has been strongly maintained by Max Wichura. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Her sentiments towards him were compounded of all that was respectful, grateful, confiding, and tender. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The gum from the grinding mills is taken to the mixing mills, where, between the large rolls, the various materials are compounded into a homogeneous mass. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The compounded rubber goes from the mixing mills to refining mills, to be prepared for the calenders. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- But this is principally the case with those ideas which are abstruse and compounded. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- By compounding various colors in different proportions, new colors can be formed to give freshness and variety. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The art of compounding it was concealed at Constantinople with the greatest care, but it appears that naphtha, sulphur and nitre entered into its composition. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- After the rubber is dry, and has been tested by the chemist, it goes to the grinding mills where it is refined on warm rolls and made ready for the compounding or mixing. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- On the other hand, the mind has certain ready powers, attention, observation, retention, comparison, abstraction, compounding, etc. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
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