serial

英 ['s??r??l] 美['s?r??l]

CET6TEM4GRE考研中低頻詞常用詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?serials;副詞:?serially;

serial 連續(xù)的，連載的

來(lái)自 series,連續(xù)，系列，-al,形容詞后綴。

serial (adj.): "coming in regular succession," 1840, from series + -al (1); popularized in reference to Dickens' novels, published one part at a time in periodicals (as opposed to all at once in a book). Found to be a useful word and given wide application. Serial number, indicating position in a series, first recorded 1866, originally of papers, packages, etc.; of soldiers from 1918. Serial killer is first attested 1981 (in relation to John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy), though serial had been used in connection with murders since the early 1960s. Related: Serially.
serial (n.): 1846, from serial (adj.).

1. All the bills had the same serial number. The cash was counterfeit.: 所有鈔票的序列號(hào)都是一樣的。這些錢(qián)是偽鈔。

2. It's a film about a serial killer and not for the faint-hearted.: 這部電影是講一個(gè)連環(huán)殺手的，不適合膽小的人看。

3. The first part of the serial ended with a real cliffhanger.: 這部連續(xù)劇的第一集以扣人心弦的懸念而告終。

5. A new serial is starting on television tonight.: 今晚電視開(kāi)播一部新的電視連續(xù)劇.