center
英 [ˈsentə(r)]
美 [ˈsentər]
n. 篮球中锋，中场手; 中心，中心区，中央，中枢，核心，（议会等的）中间派，中心站（或场，所），中线
v. 集中，把……聚集在
复数：centers 过去分词：centered 过去式：centered 现在分词：centering 第三人称单数：centers
BNC.8131 / COCA.530
柯林斯词典
- → see:centre
英英释义
noun
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- they were raising money to build a new center for research
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- he hit the ball to deep center
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers
- a good plaza should have a movie house
- they spent their weekends at the local malls
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- his stories made him the center of the party
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- politically moderate persons
- the middle of a military or naval formation
- they had to reinforce the center
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- they received messages from several centers
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- it is in the center of town
- they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
- they were in the eye of the storm
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- the center fumbled the handoff
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
verb
- direct one's attention on something
- Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
- move into the center
- That vase in the picture is not centered
- center upon
- Her entire attention centered on her children
- Our day revolved around our work
adj
- of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
双语例句
- The chief differences between chlorophyll and heme are the presence of a magnesium atom in the center of the porphyrin ring.
叶绿素和血红素之间的主要的差别为在卟啉环中心存在一个镁原子。 - To remove the ambiguity, these laws should refer to the velocity and the acceleration of the center of mass.
要避免含糊，这些定律所指的应当是质心的速度和加速度。 - At the center of the dial is a piece of smoky glass
表盘的中央是一块烟灰色的玻璃。 - The company has struck gold with its new holiday development, Center Parcs.
该公司凭借其新开发的“中央公园”度假村而赚了个盆满钵满。 - Ten years ago today the US Center for Disease Control published the first faint warnings of a worldwide epidemic.
10年前的今天，美国疾病控制中心敷衍其事地发出了第一份警告：一场世界范围的流行病可能会出现。 - Some students today blocked a highway that cuts through the center of the city
今天一些学生堵塞了一条贯穿市中心的公路。 - Daly kept this school open after hours so it doubled as a community center.
戴利在学生放学后继续开放学校，把它兼作社区中心。 - The Leisure Center is a long and low modern building.
休闲中心是一个狭长而低矮的现代建筑。 - The flag was red, with a large white circle in the center
旗子是红色的，中央有个白色大圆圈。 - They ran to the center of the tent to take their bows.
他们跑到帐篷中央鞠躬致意。