记忆方法
将“center”联想为一个“ce”中间的“r”，想象一个圆形的中心点，即“ce”围绕一个“r”，形成一个中心的位置。这种方法通过视觉形象帮助记忆单词的意义为“中心”。
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词族 · center
中文词源
center 中心
来自PIE*kent, 刺，词根ac的现在分词，词源同acid, cone, amniocentesis(羊膜穿刺术). 原指圆规的固定点，中心点。
英语词源
- center (n.)
- late 14c., "middle point of a circle; point round which something revolves," from Old French centre (14c.), from Latin centrum "center," originally fixed point of the two points of a drafting compass, from Greek kentron "sharp point, goad, sting of a wasp," from kentein "stitch," from PIE root *kent- "to prick" (cognates: Breton kentr "a spur," Welsh cethr "nail," Old High German hantag "sharp, pointed").
Figuratively from 1680s. Meaning "the middle of anything" attested from 1590s. Spelling with -re popularized in Britain by Johnson's dictionary (following Bailey's), though -er is older and was used by Shakespeare, Milton, and Pope. Center of gravity is recorded from 1650s. Center of attention is from 1868. - center (v.)
- 1590s, "to concentrate at a center," from center (n.). Related: Centered; centering. Meaning "to rest as at a center" is from 1620s. Sports sense of "to hit toward the center" is from 1890. To be centered on is from 1713. In combinations, -centered is attested by 1958.
权威例句
- 1. The reader is cross - referenced to the entry " center " .
- 读者可参见 center 词条.
- 2. Volunteers constitute more than 95% of The Center's work force.
- 该中心95%以上的工作人员是志愿者.
- 3. The Leisure Center is a long and low modern building.
- 休闲中心是一座狭长而低矮的现代建筑。
- 4. He is currently being held in a metropolitan correctional center.
- 他现在被关在一个大城市的改造中心。
- 5. They ran to the center of the tent to take their bows.
- 他们跑到帐篷中央鞠躬致意。
词语辨析
【midst, center, heart, core, middle】
这组词都有“中心”的意思，其区别是：
midst: 书面语用词，指在一个群体的深处或在某活动的进程中。
center: 指三维空间的中心点，也可比喻抽象事物的中心。
heart: 指事物最内部或最重要的部分，表地理位置时可与center换用。
core: 指某事物固定的中心部分或最重要的核心部分。比喻意义指某物的精华。
middle: 一般指时间、空间或过程两端间等距的部分。
这组词都有“中心”的意思，其区别是：
midst: 书面语用词，指在一个群体的深处或在某活动的进程中。
center: 指三维空间的中心点，也可比喻抽象事物的中心。
heart: 指事物最内部或最重要的部分，表地理位置时可与center换用。
core: 指某事物固定的中心部分或最重要的核心部分。比喻意义指某物的精华。
middle: 一般指时间、空间或过程两端间等距的部分。