series

名词 n.
/ˈsɪə.ɹiːz/|/ˈsɪː.ɹiːz/    /ˈsɪɹ.iz/|/ˈsiɹ.iz/|/ˈsɪə.ɹiːz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
    — A series of seemingly inconsequential events led cumulatively to the fall of the company.
  2. A television or radio program consisting of several episodes that are broadcast at regular intervals.
    — Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.
  3. Synonym of season (“one of the groups of episodes that together make up a whole series”). UK
    — I enjoyed the third series of Friends.
  4. The sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ.
    — The harmonic series has been much studied.
  5. A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.
    — The Blue Jays are playing the Yankees in a four-game series.
  6. The optional taxonomic rank above order/subseries, but below superorder.
  7. The optional taxonomic rank above group, but below epifamily.
  8. A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
  9. A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
  10. A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.
  11. A period, stretch of time. dated
    — A series of ill health, however, rendered it expedient for him to return to England

词形变化

series plural serieses obsolete,plural

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.
Proto-Italic *serō
Latin serō
Proto-Italic *-jēs
Latin -iēs
Latin seriēsbor.
English series
Attested from the 1610s; borrowed from Latin seriēs, from serere (“to join together, bind”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Related to desert, insert, sermon, and sorcerer.
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