Test

[test] or [tɛst]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of testing something; 'in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately'; 'he called each flip of the coin a new trial'.

(noun.) the act of undergoing testing; 'he survived the great test of battle'; 'candidates must compete in a trial of skill'.

(noun.) any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; 'the test was standardized on a large sample of students'.

(noun.) a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins.

(verb.) undergo a test; 'She doesn't test well'.

(verb.) determine the presence or properties of (a substance).

(verb.) achieve a certain score or rating on a test; 'She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools'.

(verb.) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; 'This approach has been tried with good results'; 'Test this recipe'.

(verb.) show a certain characteristic when tested; 'He tested positive for HIV'.

編輯:莉莉--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

(n.) Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.

(n.) Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.

(n.) That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.

(n.) Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.

(n.) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

(n.) A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.

(v. t.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

(v. t.) To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument.

(v. t.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.

(n.) A witness.

(v. i.) To make a testament, or will.

(n.) Alt. of Testa

埃尔默編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Experiment, trial, proof, ordeal.[2]. Criterion, standard, touchstone.[3]. [Chem.] Reägent.

v. a. Try, prove, subject to trial, put to the proof, experiment upon, make trial of, make an experiment with, give a trial to.

布兰卡德錄入

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Cupel, trial, examination, proof, criterion, standard, experiment, touchstone,experience, ordeal

ANT:misindication, misjudgment, misproof

伊莱錄入

解釋/意思:

n. a pot in which metals are tried and refined: any critical trial: means of trial: (chem.) anything used to distinguish substances or detect their presence a reagent: standard: proof: distinction: a witness testimony: the hard covering of certain animals shield lorica.—v.t. to put to proof: to examine critically.—ns. Test′-pā′per a bibulous paper saturated with some chemical compound that readily changes colour when exposed to certain other chemicals; Test′-plate a white plate or tile on which to try vitrifiable colours by heat: a glass plate with a series of finely ruled lines used in testing the resolving power of microscopic objectives; Test′-tube a cylinder of thin glass closed at one end used in testing liquids.—n.pl. Test′-types letters or words in type of different sizes for testing the sight.—Test Acts acts meant to secure that none but rightly affected persons and members of the established religion shall hold office—especially those of 1673 and 1685.

v.t. to attest legally and date.—v.i. to make a will.—adj. Tes′table capable of being given by will capable of witnessing.

編輯:菲利普