adapter

n. 适应者, 改编者, 接合器 [计] 衔接器; 适配器, 适配卡

发音

UK /əˈdæptə(ɹ)/
CA
US /əˈdæptəɹ/

词形变化

adapters 复数 adapters

别名

ad. adaptor

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.

    He was an able adapter, and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.

  2. 2.

    One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.

    The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.

  3. 3.

    A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.

    He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.

  4. 4.

    A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.

    Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.

    The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters plugged into adapters that sparked ominously.

  5. 5.

    A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.

    Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.

    适配器

    We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.

  6. 6.

    A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.

    Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.

    适配器

    I lost my cellphone's adapter so I couldn't recharge it.

  7. 7.

    A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.

    计算机

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

adaptor arranger transcriber

上位词 2

device musician

下位词 1

orchestrator

相关短语

adapter pattern adapter patterns class adapter pattern class adapter patterns object adapter patterns object adapter pattern double adapter USB adapter expansion adapter wireless adapter travel adapter AC adapter 交流电转接器 graphics adapter 图形适配器 Claisen adapter network adapter [计] 网络适配器

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English adapter From adapt + -er.

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