converter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kənˈvɜːtə/    美 /kənˈvɜɹtɜɹ/|[-ɾɜɹ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person or thing that converts.
    — The Mekydro transmission employs a single converter and a four-speed mechanical gearbox, which has the advantage of cheapness and simplicity for the same number of gear changes, and does away with the necessity for constantly emptying and filling converters, which tends to harm the oil by aeration.
  2. A person or thing that converts.; A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.
  3. A person or thing that converts.; A retort or furnace, used e.g. in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.
  4. A person or thing that converts.; A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide
  5. A person or thing that converts.; A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.
  6. A person or thing that converts.; A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.
  7. A person or thing that converts.; A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.
  8. A person or thing that converts.; Regional term for remote control. Ontario,Southern,slang

词形变化

converters plural convertor alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
analog-to-digital converter arc converter Bessemer converter buck converter Cadillac converter catalytic converter console converter delta-sigma converter digital converter box digital-to-analog converter ferroelectric converter ink converter interconverter maniverter nanoconverter nonconverter pentagrid converter photoconverter regional converter rotary converter seroconverter sigma-delta converter teleconverter time stretch analog-to-digital converter time-to-digital converter torque converter wide-angle converter

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Proto-Indo-European *wert-
Proto-Indo-European *wértetor
Proto-Italic *wertō
Proto-Italic *komwertō
Latin convertōder.
Old French convertirbor.
Middle English converten
English convert
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English converter
From convert + -er.
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