leeway

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n. 风压差, 风压角, 可容许的误差, 余地

发音

US /ˈliːˌweɪ/

词形变化

leeways 复数 leeways

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.

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  2. 2.

    A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.

    余地

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    I don't think we have a lot of leeway when it comes to proper formatting.

    2005, James Gosling et al., The Java Language Specification, Third Edition, Prentice Hall PTR, →ISBN, section 15.4 “FP-strict Expressions”, Within an expression that is not FP-strict, some leeway is granted for an implementation to use an extended exponent range to represent intermediate results; […]

  3. 3.

    An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

allowance tolerance margin

上位词 5

drift disagreement discrepancy variance divergence

词源

From lee (“side away from the wind”) + way.

来源：wiktionary