symmetry
英 ['s?m?tr?]
美['s?m?tri]
- n. 對稱（性）；整齊，勻稱
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詞態變化
復數:?symmetries;
中文詞源
symmetry 對稱
sym-,一起，一致，-metry,測量，詞源同 meter,optometry.引申詞義對稱。
英文詞源
- symmetry (n.)
- 1560s, "relation of parts, proportion," from Middle French symmétrie (16c.) and directly from Latin symmetria, from Greek symmetria "agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement," from symmetros "having a common measure, even, proportionate," from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + metron "meter" (see meter (n.2)). Meaning "harmonic arrangement of parts" first recorded 1590s.
雙語例句
- 1. The superpowers pledged to maintain symmetry in their arms shipments.
- 超級大國承諾在武器運輸方面要保持數量均衡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the perfect symmetry of the garden design
- 花園圖案的完全對稱
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The butterfly is an example of symmetry.
- 蝴蝶是結構完全對稱的一個例子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The human body has a symmetry that is basic to our sense of beauty.
- 人體的對稱性構成我們審美觀的基礎.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He said that Britain would not rejoin the ERM "until there is much greater symmetry between our economy and other European economies."
- 他說在英國經濟與其他歐洲國家的經濟實現更大的趨同性之前，英國不會重新加入歐洲匯率機制。
來自柯林斯例句