| 单词 | serial |
| 释义 | se·ri·al1 /ˈsɪəriəl $ ˈsɪr-/ noun [countable] SERIESa story that is broadcast or printed in several separate parts on television, in a magazine etc 电视连续剧；〔杂志等上的〕连载小说 a television serial 电视连续剧 a six-part serial 六集连续剧[连载故事]Examples from the Corpusserial• Their letters of planning went back and forth like installments of a serial.• What was between them was, I vaguely recall, a children's classic drama serial, i.e. Charles Dickens dramatisations etc.• And when the hospital serial finished they carried their coffee across to the set and watched the courtroom serial.• I love the old Saturday morning serials from the 1940s.• In the tradition of the old Saturday-afternoon movie serials, our melodramatic debate over the serial comma continues.• Don't miss the latest episode in our serial, "David Copperfield."• I had recorded my favourite radio serial one evening, along with twenty minutes of a programme which happened to follow it.• The BBC sells most of its successful serials to the US.• The television serial should return it there.serial2 adjective [only before noun] 1 serial killer/murderer etc SCCsomeone who commits the same crime several times 连环杀手/谋杀犯等 a serial rapist 连续作案的强奸犯2. serial killings/murders etc crimes that are done in the same way several times 连环杀人/谋杀案等3 ORDER/SEQUENCEarranged or happening one after the other in the correct order 顺序排列的，连续的；一连串[系列]的 Keep the questions in the same serial order. 让这些问题保持原来的顺序。4 printed or broadcast in several separate parts 连载的；以连续剧形式播出的 cheap serial publications 廉价的系列出版物 —serially adverbExamples from the Corpusserial• There are a lot of courtroom drama books and serial killer tales about, but this one is special.• She escapes and later discovers that her attacker is a suspected serial killer.• This morning I made you out to be a serial killer!• Read the February issue of eve to find out, and discuss whether serial killers are born that way below.• Even serial killers get cost-of-living raises if they happen to have a pension adjusted for inflation.• Some computer printers - so called, serial printers - receive their information from the host computer sequentially.• The last verified rape by the serial rapist occurred last Tuesday in Mountain View.• Nearly all present-day digital computers are of the serial type, executing one program at a time.From Longman Business Dictionaryserialse‧ri‧al /ˈsɪəriəlˈsɪr-/ adjective [only before a noun]1FINANCE serial bonds etc are a set of investments which MATURE (=become due for payment) at regular intervals over a period of timeAll of the issue’sserial bonds have split maturities of March 1 and Sept. 1.The Exchange launched serial options in its sugar market yesterday.2computing sending data one bit (=unit) at a time over a single wireThe serial transmission of data can be used over long distances. → compare parallel3appearing or happening in a fixed order, one after the otherIf you use the index facility on your PC, a serial search is not necessary.We are considering serial publication (=printing parts of a book at regular intervals, for example in a newspaper or magazine).Origin serial2 (1800-1900) seriesse·ri·al1 nounserial2 adjectiveChineseSyllable that a Corpus printed broadcast is or story Business |
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