terminal

英 ['tɜːmɪn(ə)l] 美 ['tɝmɪnl]

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※ 提供单词"terminal"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。

terminal 终点站，航站楼，终端

termin-,边界，终端，-al,形容词后缀。即终端的，后形容词作名词使用。

terminal (adj.): mid-15c., "relating to or marking boundaries," from Latin terminalis "pertaining to a boundary or end, final," from terminus "end, boundary line" (see terminus). Meaning "fatal" (terminal illness) is first recorded 1891. Sense of "situated at the extreme end" (of something) is from 1805. Slang meaning "extreme" first recorded 1983. Related: Termninally.
terminal (n.): "end point of a railway line," 1888, from terminal (adj.); sense of "device for communicating with a computer" is first recorded 1954. Earlier "final part of a word" (1831).

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1. He was eventually diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer.: 他最终被诊断出患了晚期癌症。

4. My own house feels as filthy and chaotic as a bus terminal.: 我自家的房子感觉又脏又乱，活像公共汽车终点站。