quantum

英 ['kwɒntəm] 美 ['kwɑntəm]

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※ 提供单词"quantum"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

quantum 量子

来自拉丁语quantus,多大，多少，-um,中性格。用于物理名词量子。

quantum (n.): 1610s, "one's share or portion," from Latin quantum (plural quanta) "as much as, so much as; how much? how far? how great an extent?" neuter singular of correlative pronominal adjective quantus "as much" (see quantity). Introduced in physics directly from Latin by Max Planck, 1900; reinforced by Einstein, 1905. Quantum theory is from 1912; quantum mechanics, 1922; quantum jump is first recorded 1954; quantum leap, 1963, often figurative.

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1. The scale of migration took a quantum leap in the early 1970s.: 20世纪70年代初，移民的规模骤然扩大。

2. Both quantum mechanics and chaos theory suggest a world constantly in flux.: 量子力学和混沌理论都表明世界永远处于不断变化中。

3. The vaccine represents a quantum leap in healthcare.: 这种疫苗的问世是医疗保健领域的重大突破。

5. His mind moves in quantum leaps, manipulating ideas and jumping on to new ones as soon as he can.: 他的脑子飞快地转着，分析着各种想法，还不时冒出新的点子来。