trimester

FREQ #29066

n. 三个月, 一学期 [医] 三个月, 三月期

发音

UK /ˈtɹ(a)ɪ.mɛs.tə(ɹ)/
UK /tɹ(a)ɪˈmɛs.tə(ɹ)/
AU
US /ˈt(ʃ)ɹaɪ.mɛs.təɹ/
US /t(ʃ)ɹaɪˈmɛs.təɹ/

词形变化

trimesters 复数 trimesters

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.

    三月期

    She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.

  2. 2.

    One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.

    学期

    The school operates on a trimester schedule.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

period session period of time time period

整体词 4

gestation academic year gestation period school year

相关短语

fourth trimester

词源

PIE word *tréyes From French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (“of three months”), from trēs (“three”) + mensis (“month”).

来源：wiktionary