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源自拉丁语 'terminalis'(边界的),由 'terminus'(终点、界限)演变而来,14世纪进入英语。
❶ 指交通枢纽中供乘客上下车或装卸货物的终点站,如机场航站楼、公交总站等场所。
“We arrived at the airport terminal two hours before departure.”
(我们在起飞前两小时到达了机场航站楼。)
“The bus terminal was crowded with travelers during the holiday.”
(假日期间公交总站挤满了旅客。)
❶ 计算机中用于输入命令或显示信息的界面程序,通常以纯文本形式操作。
“Developers often use terminal to execute commands.”
(开发者常用终端来执行命令。)
“Type 'ls' in the terminal to list directory contents.”
(在终端输入'ls'可列出目录内容。)
❶ 描述疾病或状况已到晚期无法治愈,或事物处于最终阶段不可逆转的状态。
“The patient was diagnosed with terminal cancer.”
(该患者被诊断出癌症晚期。)
“This is a terminal illness with no known cure.”
(这是一种目前无法治愈的绝症。)
terminal velocity — 物理学中指物体自由下落时达到的最大恒定速度,此时空气阻力与重力平衡。
“A skydiver reaches terminal velocity after about 10 seconds of free fall.”
(跳伞者自由落体约10秒后达到终端速度。)