英汉词典

center 基本解释

• n. 中心，中央；中锋；中心点
• vi. 居中，被置于中心
• vt. 集中，使聚集在一点；定中心
• adj. 中央的，位在正中的
• n. (Center)人名；(英)森特

center 词态变化

center 中文词源

来自PIE*kent, 刺，词根ac的现在分词，词源同acid, cone, amniocentesis(羊膜穿刺术). 原指圆规的固定点，中心点。

center 英文词源

center (n.)

late 14c., "middle point of a circle; point round which something revolves," from Old French centre (14c.), from Latin centrum "center," originally fixed point of the two points of a drafting compass, from Greek kentron "sharp point, goad, sting of a wasp," from kentein "stitch," from PIE root *kent- "to prick" (cognates: Breton kentr "a spur," Welsh cethr "nail," Old High German hantag "sharp, pointed").

Figuratively from 1680s. Meaning "the middle of anything" attested from 1590s. Spelling with -re popularized in Britain by Johnson's dictionary (following Bailey's), though -er is older and was used by Shakespeare, Milton, and Pope. Center of gravity is recorded from 1650s. Center of attention is from 1868.

center (v.)

1590s, "to concentrate at a center," from center (n.). Related: Centered; centering. Meaning "to rest as at a center" is from 1620s. Sports sense of "to hit toward the center" is from 1890. To be centered on is from 1713. In combinations, -centered is attested by 1958.

center 英文释义

1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region;

"it is in the center of town"

"they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"

"they were in the eye of the storm"

2. the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher;

"he hit the ball to deep center"

3. a building dedicated to a particular activity;

"they were raising money to build a new center for research"

4. a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

5. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"

"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"

"the nub of the story"

6. the object upon which interest and attention focuses;

"his stories made him the center of the party"

7. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process;

"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

8. the middle of a military or naval formation;

"they had to reinforce the center"

9. (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team

10. (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback;

"the center fumbled the handoff"

11. a place where some particular activity is concentrated;

"they received messages from several centers"

12. politically moderate persons; centrists

13. (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

14. the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

15. mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace;

"a good plaza should have a movie house"

"they spent their weekends at the local malls"

16. the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game

17. the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play;

"it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"

18. a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the center jump to start the game

center 同义词解析

center, middle, heart, core, midst

这些名词均含有"中心"之意。

center： 指三维空间的中心点，也可比喻抽象事物的中心。

middle： 一般指时间、空间或过程两端间等距的部分。

heart： 指事物最内部或最重要的部分，表地理位置时可与center换用。

core： 指某事物固定的中心部分或最重要的核心部分。比喻意义指某物的精华。

midst： 书面语用词，指在一个群体的深处或在某活动的进程中。

center 双语例句

1. The reader is cross - referenced to the entry " center " .

读者可参见 center 词条.

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2. Volunteers constitute more than 95% of The Center's work force.

该中心95%以上的工作人员是志愿者.

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3. The Leisure Center is a long and low modern building.

休闲中心是一座狭长而低矮的现代建筑。

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4. He is currently being held in a metropolitan correctional center.

他现在被关在一个大城市的改造中心。

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5. They ran to the center of the tent to take their bows.

他们跑到帐篷中央鞠躬致意。

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center 实用场景例句

Nevertheless it is nice to see camels here alongside the horses.

然而,能够看到骑兵和马匹一起也是一件非常不错的事情.

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The batter skied to the center fielder.

击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手.

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The city has developed into a center of industry.

这座城市已经发展成为一个工业中心。

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The center of these glands manufactures adrenaline.

这些腺的中心分泌肾上腺素.

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The teacher told his pupils to spread out and not to bunch up in the center of the playground.

老师要学生们散开,不要挤在操场中间.

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He is always playing at center.

他一直踢中锋.

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There was a shopping center that drew its customers from the neighbo ( u ) ring communities.

那里有一个吸引附近社区顾客的购物中心.

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He is the center of this event.

他是这次事件的核心人物.

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The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.

整个市中心区有着一种高傲的神气,好像故意要让一些前来寻找职业的普通人感到惶恐不安.

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This happened in the center of operations.

这事发生在演习的过程中.

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A heavy car with a low center of gravity will hug the road.

重心低的载重汽车会在路面上平稳行驶.

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Do women center their lives around the home now?

现在妇女们还以家庭为中心 吗 ?

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The earliest originator was Dr. Giterman who worked at the British Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled.

最早的发起人是在英国残疾康复中心工作的吉特曼博士.

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It's almost ten miles from here to the civic center.

从这儿到市中心差不多有十英里.

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A circle without a center is inconceivable.

一个没有圆心的圆是不可思议的.

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The building is located in a business center.

该大楼位于商业中心.

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He doesn't want to step back from the center of things.

他不想退居无足轻重的地位.

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the University Advisement Center

大学咨询中心

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Draw a line down that page's center.

沿那一页的中心画一条竖线。

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Daly kept this school open after hours so it doubled as a community center.

戴利在学生放学后继续开放学校，把它兼作社区中心。

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The Leisure Center is a long and low modern building.

休闲中心是一座狭长而低矮的现代建筑。

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Indianapolis beat out nearly 100 other cities as the site for a huge United Airlines maintenance center.

印第安纳波利斯从近百座城市中胜出，成为美国联合航空公司大型维护中心所在地。

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He is currently being held in a metropolitan correctional center.

他现在被关在一个大城市的改造中心。

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He had been denied what he believed to be his rightful position at the center of things.

他被拒绝了他认为原应属于自己的中心地位。

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Ten years ago today the US Center for Disease Control published the first faint warnings of a worldwide epidemic.

10年前的今天，美国疾病控制中心敷衍其事地发出了第一份警告：一场世界范围的流行病可能会出现。

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Just plop the noodles over the center of the sauce.

把面条轻放在调味汁中间就行了。

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At the center of the dial is a piece of smoky glass.

表盘的中央是一块烟灰色的玻璃。

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The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly.

飓风中心警告人们，不要对热带风暴的危险掉以轻心。

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He put the pile of chips in the center of the table and drew a card.

他将一堆筹码堆在桌子中间，抽了一张牌。

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