calculator

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/|[ˈkʰæɫ.kjəˌleɪ̯.ɾɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically.
    — electronic calculator;   pocket calculator
  2. A person who performs mathematical calculation. historical
    — During the war, his grandmother had worked at the Bletchley Park decoding station as a calculator.
  3. A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
    — Near-synonyms: schemer, plotter; manipulator
  4. A set of mathematical tables. obsolete

词形变化

calculators plural

词汇关系

衍生词
calculatorlike cowculator electronic calculator graphics calculator graphing calculator human calculator mental calculator minicalculator pocket calculator scientific calculator
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词源

In the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“a mathematician, an astrologer”), borrowed from Latin calculātor, equivalent to calculate + -or. The other meanings arose in Modern English.
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