symmetry
英['sɪmɪtrɪ]
美['sɪmətri]
- n. 对称（性）；整齐，匀称
词态变化
复数: symmetries;
中文词源
symmetry 对称
sym-,一起，一致，-metry,测量，词源同 meter,optometry.引申词义对称。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The superpowers pledged to maintain symmetry in their arms shipments.
- 超级大国承诺在武器运输方面要保持数量均衡。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. the perfect symmetry of the garden design
- 花园图案的完全对称
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The butterfly is an example of symmetry.
- 蝴蝶是结构完全对称的一个例子.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The human body has a symmetry that is basic to our sense of beauty.
- 人体的对称性构成我们审美观的基础.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He said that Britain would not rejoin the ERM "until there is much greater symmetry between our economy and other European economies."
- 他说在英国经济与其他欧洲国家的经济实现更大的趋同性之前，英国不会重新加入欧洲汇率机制。
来自柯林斯例句