tertiary
英 ['tɜːʃ(ə)rɪ]
美 ['tɝʃɪ'ɛri]
- n. 第三纪；第三修道会会员；第三级教士
- adj. 第三的；第三位的；三代的
助记提示
1. third => tert- / terti- => tertiary.
中文词源
tertiary 第三的，第三位的来自拉丁语 tertius,第三，来自 ter,三，词源同 three.
英文词源
- tertiary
- tertiary: see third
- tertiary (adj.)
- 1650s, "of the third order, rank, degree, etc.," from Latin tertiarius "of or pertaining to a third," from tertius "third, a third," from root of tres "three" (see three). The geological sense (with capital T-) of "era after the Mesozoic" (which formerly was called the Secondary) is attested from 1794, after Italian terziari, used in this sense 1760 by Italian geologist Giovanni Arduino (1714-1795).
双语例句
- 1. Tertiary education follows secondary education.
- 高等教育紧跟中等教育.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He must have come to know those philosophers through secondary or tertiary sources.
- 他一定是通过第二手或第三手资料了解那些哲学家的。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Large stack deposits are controlled by deeply dipping faults Tertiary age.
- 巨大的堆型矿体受第三纪倾陡断层控制.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Tertiary treatment comprises a series of physicochemical steps.
- 三级处理包括一系列物理化学处理步骤.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Aim To analyze Tertiary period sedimentary environment of Qaidamu saline lake.
- 目的分析柴达木盆地第三纪盐湖的沉积环境.
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