palindrome

n. 回文, 回文结构 [化] 回文对称; 旋转对称

发音

UK /ˈpælɪndɹəʊm/
US /ˈpælɪndɹoʊm/

词形变化

palindromes 复数 palindromes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.

    回文

  2. 2.

    A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards.

    引申义
  4. 4.

    A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand

    生物 医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

word

相关短语

massive palindrome

词源

From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palíndromos, “running back again”), from πάλιν (pálin, “back, again, back again”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, race, racecourse”). By surface analysis, palin- + -drome (compare also velodrome and syndrome).

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