center

英 [ˈsentə(r)]

美 [ˈsentər]

n.  篮球中锋，中场手; 中心，中心区，中央，中枢，核心，（议会等的）中间派，中心站（或场，所），中线
v.  集中，把……聚集在

复数：centers　过去分词：centered　过去式：centered　现在分词：centering　第三人称单数：centers　

IELTS计算机

BNC.8131 / COCA.530

柯林斯词典

• → see:centre

英英释义

noun

• a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
• (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
  1. it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback
• the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
• a building dedicated to a particular activity
  1. they were raising money to build a new center for research
  Synonym:centre
• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
  1. he hit the ball to deep center
  Synonym:center fieldcenterfield
• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers
  1. a good plaza should have a movie house
  2. they spent their weekends at the local malls
  Synonym:plazamallshopping mallshopping centershopping centre
• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
  1. in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
  Synonym:centrenerve centernerve centre
• the object upon which interest and attention focuses
  1. his stories made him the center of the party
  Synonym:centrecenter of attentioncentre of attention
• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  1. the gist of the prosecutor's argument
  2. the heart and soul of the Republican Party
  3. the nub of the story
  Synonym:kernelsubstancecorecentreessencegistheartheart and soulinwardnessmarrowmeatnubpithsumnitty-gritty
• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
  Synonym:centre
• politically moderate persons
• the middle of a military or naval formation
  1. they had to reinforce the center
• a place where some particular activity is concentrated
  1. they received messages from several centers
  Synonym:centre
• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
  Synonym:centremidpoint
• an area that is approximately central within some larger region
  1. it is in the center of town
  2. they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
  3. they were in the eye of the storm
  Synonym:centremiddlehearteye
• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
  1. the center fumbled the handoff
  Synonym:snapper
• (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
• (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

verb

• direct one's attention on something
  1. Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
  Synonym:concentratefocuscentreporerivet
• move into the center
  1. That vase in the picture is not centered
  Synonym:centre
• center upon
  1. Her entire attention centered on her children
  2. Our day revolved around our work
  Synonym:focus oncenter onrevolve aroundrevolve aboutconcentrate on

adj

• of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

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