Major
['meɪdʒə] or ['medʒɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the principal field of study of a student at a university; 'her major is linguistics'.
(noun.) a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain.
(noun.) a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; 'she is a linguistics major'.
(noun.) British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943).
(verb.) have as one's principal field of study; 'She is majoring in linguistics'.
(adj.) greater in number or size or amount; 'a major portion (a majority) of the population'; 'Ursa Major'; 'a major portion of the winnings' .
(adj.) greater in scope or effect; 'a major contribution'; 'a major improvement'; 'a major break with tradition'; 'a major misunderstanding' .
(adj.) of full legal age .
(adj.) of a scale or mode; 'major scales'; 'the key of D major' .
(adj.) of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; 'his major field was mathematics' .
(adj.) of greater importance or stature or rank; 'a major artist'; 'a major role'; 'major highways' .
(adj.) of greater seriousness or danger; 'a major earthquake'; 'a major hurricane'; 'a major illness' .
(adj.) of the elder of two boys with the same family name; 'Jones major' .
海勒姆手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
(a.) Of greater dignity; more important.
(a.) Of full legal age.
(a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.
(a.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
(a.) A person of full age.
(a.) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].
(a.) A mayor.
戈代娃手打
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Greater.
手打:路易
例句/造句/用法:
- One of these papers was sent to Major Dobbin,--Regt. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She laughed, and the Major did too, at his droll figure on donkey-back, with his long legs touching the ground. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It was only to-day that I spoke to Major Prendergast about my troubles and was advised by him to come to you. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The Major, the Captain, any one of those gambling men whom Madame sees would take her life for a hundred louis. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Now this odious, artful rogue of a Major was thinking in his own mind that he was sure of his case. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Indeed it does, madam, said the Major. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Not that Emmy, being made aware of the honest Major's passion, rebuffed him in any way, or felt displeased with him. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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