center

• 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

词态变化

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。

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.

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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