decimation

大学

n. 每十人杀一人, 大批杀害

发音

US /ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/
其它
UK /ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/

词形变化

decimations 复数 decimations

教材释义与例句

名词

大批杀害；每十人杀一人；大量毁灭

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.

    十一抽杀

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  2. 2.

    The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.

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  3. 3.

    A tithe or the act of tithing.

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  4. 4.

    The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.

    可数 不可数 数学
  5. 5.

    The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.

    A digital signal-processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal; downsampling

    可数 不可数 计算机 工程 数学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

destruction devastation

词源

Borrowed from Latin decimātiō, a punishment where every 10th man in a unit would be stoned to death by the men who were spared. Used by the Romans to keep order in their military. Compare septimation and vicesimation.

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