英语单词

spectrum是什么意思

spectrum

英 ['spektrəm] 美 ['spɛktrəm]
  • n. 光谱;频谱;范围;余象

中文词源


spectrum 谱,光谱

来自拉丁语 spectrum,出现,显示,影像,鬼魂,幽灵,来自 specere,看,词源同 spectator,aspect. 后与 specter 词义上进行分工,前者用于指鬼,幽灵,该词用于指光谱。

英文词源


spectrum (n.)
1610s, "apparition, specter," from Latin spectrum (plural spectra) "an appearance, image, apparition, specter," from specere "to look at, view" (see scope (n.1)). Meaning "visible band showing the successive colors, formed from a beam of light passed through a prism" first recorded 1670s. Figurative sense of "entire range (of something)" is from 1936.

双语例句


1. Politicians across the political spectrum have denounced the act.
各党派的政客们都对该行为表示谴责。

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2. The two politicians represent opposite poles of the political spectrum.
这两位从政者代表了政界的两个极端。

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3. The term "special needs" covers a wide spectrum of problems.
“特殊需求”一词包含的问题范围很广。

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4. The political spectrum has broadened.
政治范围得到了扩大。

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5. A spectrum is formed by a ray of light passing through a prism.
一束光通过棱镜就会形成光谱。

来自《权威词典》

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