Primary

['praɪm(ə)rɪ] or ['praɪmɛri]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen.

(noun.) one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing.

(noun.) (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it.

(adj.) not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; 'a primary instinct' .

(adj.) of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; 'primary goals'; 'a primary effect'; 'primary sources'; 'a primary interest' .

校對:谢尔曼--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

(a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.

(a.) First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.

(a.) Earliest formed; fundamental.

(a.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.

(n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.

(n.) A primary meeting; a caucus.

(n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.

(n.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.

手打:梅尔瓦

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Primitive, aboriginal, original, primordial, primeval, pristine, first.[2]. Chief, principal, leading.[3]. Elementary, lowest.

手打:奈杰尔

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:First, original, earliest, elementary, chief, principal, important, leading,primitive, pristine

ANT:Secondary, subordinate, posterior, unimportant, inferior, subsequent, later,[See PRINCIPAL]

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解釋/意思:

adj. first: original: chief: primitive: elementary preparatory.—n. that which is highest in rank or importance: a planet in relation to its satellite or satellites.—adv. Prī′marily.—ns. Prī′mariness the state of being first in time act or intention; Prī′mary-ac′cent the accent immediately after a bar in music.—ns.pl. Prī′mary-col′ours the colours obtained by passing the sun's rays through a prism: the colours of the rainbow—red orange yellow green blue indigo and violet; Prī′mary-plan′ets planets revolving round the sun—not satellites; Prī′mary-quills the largest feathers of a bird's wing; Prī′mary-rocks the rocks which seem to have been first formed and contain no animal remains as granites &c.

手打:南希