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element

E 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈel.ɪ.mənt]
  • 美式音标 [ˈel.ə.mənt]
  • 国际音标 ['elimənt]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 元素；要素；原理；成分；自然环境
  • n. (Element)人名；(德)埃勒门特；(英)埃利门特

词源解说

  • 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的element；最初源自古典拉丁语的elementem，意为基础的，第一原则。

词根记忆

  • e + lemen(看作lemon，柠檬) + t→柠檬是水果的一种→成分，要素
  • 让我(letme)看看它是由什么成分(element)组成的

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    elementary：基本的；初级的；[化学]元素的。
    elemental：基本的；主要的；自然力的；四大要素的（土、水、气、火）。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • Carbon is an element, while carbon dioxide is a compound.
    碳是一种(化学)元素,而二氧化碳则是一种化合物。

词组短语

    短语

  • chemical element 化学元素
  • Transuranium element [化学]超铀元素;超铀元素;[化学]铀后元素;翻译
  • trace element [化]微量元素
  • structural element 结构构件;结构元件;结构单位;构件
  • Seating element 痤垫;座垫;坐垫

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (PART) a part of something
  • (AMOUNT) a small amount of an emotion or quality
  • (SIMPLE SUBSTANCE) a simple substance that cannot be reduced to smaller chemical parts
  • (EARTH, AIR, ETC.) earth, air, fire, and water from which people in the past believed everything else was made
  • (WEATHER) the weather, usually bad weather
  • (ELECTRICAL PART) the part of an electrical device that produces heat

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • The different elements of something are the different parts it contains.
  • A particular element of a situation, activity, or process is an important quality or feature that it has or needs.
  • When you talk about elements within a society or organization, you are referring to groups of people who have similar aims, beliefs, or habits.
  • If something has an element of a particular quality or emotion, it has a certain amount of this quality or emotion.
  • An element is a substance such as gold, oxygen, or carbon that consists of only one type of atom.
  • The element in an electric or water heater is the metal part that changes the electric current into heat.
  • You can refer to the weather, especially wind and rain, as the elements.
  • If you say that someone is in their element, you mean that they are in a situation they enjoy.