首页英语词典centrecentre英英释意

centre

英['sentə] 美['sentər]
  • vi. 以…为中心
  • vt. 集中;将…放在中央
  • n. 中心
  • adj. 中央的

英英释意


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. a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
3. a place where some particular activity is concentrated;
"they received messages from several centers"
4. the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
5. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process;
"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
6. a building dedicated to a particular activity;
"they were raising money to build a new center for research"