major
n. 主修课, 成年人, 陆军少校 a. 主要的, 较多的, 大部分的, 成年的, 严重的 vi. 主修 [计] 主要, 主要刻度
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教材释义与例句
[人类] 成年人；主修科目；陆军少校
an officer of middle rank in the British or US army or marine s ,or in the US air force
成年人；主修科目；陆军少校
主修
主要的；重要的；主修的；较多的
having very serious or worrying results
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A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
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A person of legal age.
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Ellipsis of major key.
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Ellipsis of major interval.
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Ellipsis of major scale.
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A system of change-ringing using eight bells.
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A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
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The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
主修
专攻
专业
澳大利亚 加拿大 新西兰 美国 教育Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.
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The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.
澳大利亚 加拿大 新西兰 美国 教育She is a math major.
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Ellipsis of major term.
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A touchdown, or major score.
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A goal.
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Ellipsis of major premise.
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Ellipsis of major suit.
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Alternative form of mayor and mair.
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An elder brother (especially at a public school).
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A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
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A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
政治 军事He used to be a major in the army.
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Used in a phrasal verb: major in.
专攻
不及物
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Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
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Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
定语the major part of the assembly
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Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.
定语The building underwent a major renovation.
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Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
定语to earn some major cash
a major exhibition
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Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.
定语 医学to suffer from a major illness
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Of full legal age, having attained majority.
major children
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Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.
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Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. (of a scale)
音乐major scale
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Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)
音乐major third
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Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)
Having a major third above the root.
音乐major triad
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(of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.
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Bell changes rung on eight bells.
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Indicating the elder of two brothers (or the eldest of three), appended to a surname in public schools.
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Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)
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Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism. (of a premise)
数学 哲学
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs Proto-Italic *magjōs Latin maiorder. Middle English major English major From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor. Noun sense 1 is a shortening of sergeant major, perhaps after Spanish mayor in the same sense.
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