structure
英 [ˈstrʌk.tʃər]
美 [ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ]
- n. 结构;构造;建筑物
- vt. 组织;构成;建造
structure 结构,构造,体系来自拉丁语 structura,装配,建造,布置,来自 struere,连接,组装,建造,堆放,来自 PIE*ster, 展开,延展,词源同 stratum,strew,construct.引申词义结构,构造,体系等。
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structure: [15] Structure comes via Old French structure from Latin structūra, a noun derived from the past participle of struere ‘build’. Other English words from the same source are construct, construe, destroy, destruction, instruct, and obstruct [17].
=> construct, construe, destroy, destruction, instruct, obstruct, strain
- structure (n.)
- mid-15c., "action or process of building or construction;" 1610s, "that which is constructed, a building or edifice;" from Latin structura "a fitting together, adjustment; a building, mode of building;" figuratively, "arrangement, order," from structus, past participle of struere "to pile, place together, heap up; build, assemble, arrange, make by joining together," related to strues "heap," from PIE *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out."
The widespread descendants of this ancient root are believed to include: Sanskrit strnoti "strews, throws down;" Avestan star- "to spread out, stretch out;" Greek stronymi "strew," stroma "bedding, mattress," sternon "breast, breastbone;" Latin sternere "to stretch, extend;" Old Church Slavonic stira, streti "spread," strama "district;" Russian stroji "order;" Gothic straujan, Old High German strouwen, Old English streowian "to sprinkle, strew;" Old English streon "strain," streaw "straw, that which is scattered;" Old High German stirna "forehead," strala "arrow, lightning bolt;" Old Irish fo-sernaim "spread out," srath "a wide river valley;" Welsh srat "plain."
- structure (v.)
- "put together systematically," by 1855 (occasional use from late 16c.), from structure (n.). Related: Structured; structuring.
- 1. The theatre is a futuristic steel and glass structure.
- 这家剧院是钢筋和玻璃结构的未来派建筑。
- 2. Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness.
- 撕裂的肌肉会收缩,丧失原来的力量、结构和紧实度。
- 3. My grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material.
- 我所不满的是素材的结构和组织。
- 4. The chronological sequence gives the book an element of structure.
- 时间顺序让这本书有了一定的结构。
- 5. The chemical structure of this particular molecule is very unusual.
- 这个特殊分子的化学结构很不寻常。