array

英 [?'re?] 美[?'re]

近義詞order

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復(fù)數(shù):?arrays;第三人稱單數(shù):?arrays;過去式:?arrayed;過去分詞:?arrayed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?arraying;

array 安排

前綴ar-同ad-. -ray, 詞源同ready. 字母d,y音變。

array (v.): early 14c., from stem of Old French areer "to put in order," from Vulgar Latin *ar-redare (source of Italian arredare), from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + Frankish *r?d- "ready" or some cognate Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *raidjan "to place in order" (cognates: Gothic garadis, Old English ger?de "ready;" see ready (adj.)). Related: Arrayed; arraying.
array (n.): mid-14c., "order, arrangement," from Anglo-French arrai, Old French aroi, from areer (see array (v.)).

1. I was confronted with an array of knobs, levers, and switches.: 我面對(duì)的是一大堆旋鈕、控制桿和開關(guān)。

2. As the deadline approached she experienced a bewildering array of emotions.: 隨著最后期限的臨近，她開始心緒紛亂，不知所措。

3. A glance along his bookshelves reveals a bewildering array of interests.: 看一眼他的書架就知道他興趣繁雜。

4. I was constantly ill, with a baffling array of symptoms.: 我一直病著，出現(xiàn)了一系列讓人不解的癥狀。