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单词 console
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console1

verb kənˈsəʊlkənˈsoʊl
[with object]

  • Comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment.

    安慰；慰问

    she tried to console him but he pushed her gently away

    她试图安慰他，但他却轻轻将她推开。

    you can console yourself with the thought that you did your best

    你可聊以自慰的是你已尽了最大的努力。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You know, really I was just trying to console him and comfort him.
    • However I was consoled by the fact that when it had cooled down to a bearable temperature it actually tasted very good.
    • For example, the day of the verdict, I consoled a good friend of mine about the loss of her father.
    • We were also consoled by the fact that the mouse had probably gone to Rodent Heaven, where the cheese is limitless and cats are nowhere to be seen.
    • As usual, I found myself consoling her for my loss, though she was responsible for it.
    • A great deal has been said about these artists searching for the ugly instead of consoling us with beauty.
    • But hey, that's life. I consoled her by spending my winnings on chocolate.
    • My associate quickly became a friend as he tried consoling me with humour and sympathy.
    • I was genuinely consoled, however, by the fact that my long held suspicions were confirmed.
    • His intent had been to console her; a comfort in the face of growing danger, but she had simply agreed with his assessment of the situation.
    • I consoled him and over his shoulder I saw the girl giving me the eye.
    • The best parts of my day were not with him, and when I had a bad day at work, you consoled me.
    • When a pet died, the family was consoled with pies, cookies and other home-baked goods.
    • A female, like Amy, would have just listened to me and consoled me while I had my personal pity party.
    • She consoled party officials by declaring that there was still time to prepare for next year's general elections.
    • Gently she stroked her hair and consoled her with a reassuring touch.
    • Although the recent tendency has been towards bad service, you are often consoled after the first half hour with a bowl of mini cheddars.
    • He consoled the congregation with the thought that the people had died well-prepared.
    • A woman, who looked like his mother, was petting him on his back, consoling him.
    • She had automatically taken her sister into her arms to console her and now Alice was sobbing on her shoulder.
    Synonyms
    comfort, solace, condole with, give condolences to
    sympathize with, express sympathy to, show compassion to, pity, commiserate with, show fellow feeling to
    help, aid, support, cheer (up), gladden, hearten, encourage, reassure, fortify
    soothe, ease, succour, assuage, alleviate

Derivatives

  • consolable

    • adjective kɒnˈsəʊləb(ə)lkənˈsoʊləb(ə)l
    • It is a route to the definable, the consolable, and the delimiting.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Something in the European temperament became blunter, less trusting, less imaginatively consolable - arguably more secular and politically militant.
      • ‘Guys are very consolable, so don't worry about it.’
      • Tradition does not deny the pain of death, but stresses its fleeting and consolable character.
      • These could make him cry but he was consolable.

  • consoler

    • noun kənˈsəʊləkənˈsoʊlər
    • How do I know all of this, and what makes me qualified as a consoler in these matters?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The foundation has to raise 150,000 annually to facilitate the two full time specially trained nurses and illness consolers.
      • I wasn't a good consoler at all, and well… I never knew what to say in awkward situations.
      • This was in concert with their belief that sleep was the greatest of all physicians and the most powerful consoler of humanity.
      • These people - artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers - will now reap society's richest rewards and share its greatest joys.

  • consolingly

    • adverb
    • One smiled consolingly and said the evening had reduced my time in purgatory.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If there is a more desperately funny or a more consolingly heartbreaking image of our position in the universe than the portrait, at the end of the book, of the self-anointed knight trampled by swine, I have not discovered it.
      • ‘She's on another planet,’ I said consolingly.

Origin

Mid 17th century (replacing earlier consolate): from French consoler, from Latin consolari, from con- 'with' + solari 'soothe'.

Rhymes

barcarole, bole, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, condole, control, dhole, dole, droll, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole

console2

noun ˈkɒnsəʊlˈkɑnˌsoʊl

  • 1A panel or unit accommodating a set of controls for electronic or mechanical equipment.

    （电子或机械装置的）控制板；仪表板；控制台

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However he realized that the emergency lights we're on and the main source of lighting was the fires that burned on the control consoles and the walls.
    • Integration of instrument panels to consoles is done in a way that we've not been able to achieve in the past.
    • They were expendable anyway, since whenever the ship was hit, control panels and consoles on the bridge would short out in their faces.
    • If for some reason a motor or harmonic drive unit failed, it could be disengaged from the control console and could free-wheel.
    • You should see a data disk stuck into a control console.
    • It consists of three components - an accelerator mounted on a motor-driven gantry, a modulator, and a control console.
    • The limo was expensively furnished, upholstered in leather and faux wood, a large electronic control console on the passenger side.
    • The wall opposite the door contained the console controlling the elevator, which was now counting down numbers as it passed floors on its way to the bottom.
    • It features a 2-tone color scheme and a central spine shape that also appears on the center console and instrument panel.
    • However, when she hit the ground, her left shoulder came in contact with the side panel of the control console.
    • Data storage can be managed at a central location and recovery, even of infected files, can be controlled from a single console.
    • The control console has complete instruments for both engines although there is no convenient charting space available.
    • The wood panels make the console nice-looking, the layout of controls is truly eye-catching and the control layout makes sense.
    • The medical physicist or the radiation therapist programs the control console.
    • Hackers can also jack enemy vehicles and make them their own, as well as hack enemy consoles so friendly units can use them.
    • Ruby raced to the intercom and control console for the electronic gates.
    • The officer hit several controls on the console before him.
    • I turn to see her enter behind me, waving a hand pass the control console, closing the doors and starting the short trip to the observation deck above.
    • Once someone gains access to the management console of a switch, he or she has complete control over the parameters of the switch.
    • The consoles and instrument panels were black as well, and were not dulled by the fluorescent lights shining overhead.
    Synonyms
    control panel, instrument panel, dashboard, keyboard, keypad
    cabinet
    informal dash
    1. 1.1 A small electronic device for playing computerized video games.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You can even power up and down the console with your wireless controller.
      • Ten years ago, very few people had games consoles, broadband Internet or mobile phones.
      • Kids these days have shunned bikes and action men in favour of mobile phones and games consoles.
      • The lad, 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, conned more than 100 people by offering cheap phones, computers, games consoles and other electrical stuff.
      • This was due mainly to weaker sales of games consoles, audio products and extended warranties.
      • This year, games consoles were everywhere, as well as plasma screens and other domestic products.
      • Other electronics devices - DVD players, games consoles, and digital cameras - are competing for limited funds.
      • A surround sound hi-fi system, plasma TV screen, multiplayer games consoles, internet-connected computers with webcam are just some of the accessories that will fit the bill.
      • It might well be that the first genuinely emotional computers are games consoles rather than spacecraft.
      • The 26-year-old mainly targeted homes empty during the day time and took electrical items such as laptop computers, DVD players and games consoles.
      • There was a fairly large flatscreen on one wall, along with a DVD player and a couple of gaming consoles on a small table thing nearby.
      • There is no doubt that the launch of several new games consoles offering not just games but DVD movies and the promise of online features are tapping a rich vein of demand.
      • Each has a console, extra controller, the DVD playback kit, and various games.
      • Plus, it also works with television, DVD players and many games consoles.
      • I can't honestly say that a lead between my controller and the console has ever proved restrictive in my gaming pleasure.
      • In 2000, an Australian researcher warned that we could be on the threshold of a global disaster because of the amount of time kids spent using computers and games consoles.
      • Up to four computers or games consoles can be attached directly to the device using Ethernet, the standard network connection.
      • And parents seem to be far more concerned about the amount of time their children spend wired up to games consoles than the actual games they are playing.
      • But presumably there will come a time when most homes have it, and it will feed a broader local network comprising not only computers but games consoles and other home entertainment devices.
      • Downstairs the living room was equipped with the latest electronic equipment including satellite TV, two DVD players and games consoles.
    2. 1.2 A cabinet for television or radio equipment.
      电视机（或收音机）柜
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Lawrence looked over to the radio console and made a slashing motion across his throat.
      • Shirked off, Arthur follows Joan to the bathroom and, as he watches her, his eyes click on like an old-fashioned radio console.
      • Five little televisions sat on a console, each monitoring several different security rooms.
      • Jacob redirected the video feed from the console to a camera above the viewing window.
      • Pressing this button causes an alarm to appear on the radio console.
      • It's a gorgeous multi-level spot with bare brick walls, television consoles in the floor and sleek black tables to suit the sushi and maki dishes on the menu.
      • Greta folded her arms across her chest, peering from the scope to the radio console.
      • Because there are a variety of finishes, they can be matched with other wood finishes in the room, whether it is that of a coffee table or entertainment console.
      • My suite has classic Lanna touches in its fabrics and art works, and a cannily rotating television console.
      • A meteorite crashed through the ceiling, bounced off the radio console, swiped the side of her left thigh and rolled onto the floor.
      • This may be my last broadcast gentle listeners, the last time you hear my soothing words and sage advice drifting out of your radio consoles like a summer zephyr.
      • He flipped a few switches on the radio console and pressed the transmit button.
      • Several television monitors embedded in the console gave a wider view below and to the sides.
    3. 1.3 The cabinet or enclosure containing the keyboards, stops, pedals, etc., of an organ.
      风琴的操作部分（包括键盘、音栓、踏板等）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This time, the focus was on synths and consoles.
      • The organ console was respecified to match the organ I was building.
      • The organ console was located at the left side of the shallow orchestra pit, and its music rack and decorative French caps extended above the level of the stage floor.
      • Even the organ console was designed to match the Mayan decor of the theater.
      • For example, elevated or centralized organ consoles suggest the object of our worship is the music, or (worse yet) the musician.

  • 2An ornamented bracket or corbel supporting a shelf or table top.

    （带装饰的）支架，支托

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Classic urn lamps supported by contemporary consoles establish the room's style mix.
    • Two other hardware elements made by hand are door catches/stops and the shelf consoles that support adjustable shelves.
    • Made of vitreous China, sinks like the 27 1/2-inch pedestal basin shown come with pedestal covers or metal consoles.
    • In the museum lobby, a main directory resting on a console introduces the tactile itinerary on the slanted glass surface.
    • Because the mirrors were so enormous, it was only in exceptional cases that ceiling heights permitted the consoles below them to be of a normal height.
    • There will be an array of other items on display - tables for dining, consoles, side, centre, and coffee tables, mirror frames in wood, and articles in wrought iron and other media.
    • The table and shelf consoles have customized dimensions, materials and colors to suit your space and your functional requirements.
    • But if I was mounting them on the wall I would probably "hang" them on ordinary shelf consoles.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in (sense 2)): from French, perhaps from consolider, from Latin consolidare (see consolidate).

verb.1
noun.1

console1

verbkənˈsōlkənˈsoʊl
[with object]

  • Comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment.

    安慰；慰问

    she tried to console him but he pushed her gently away

    她试图安慰他，但他却轻轻将她推开。

    you can console yourself with the thought that you did your best

    你可聊以自慰的是你已尽了最大的努力。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She consoled party officials by declaring that there was still time to prepare for next year's general elections.
    • A great deal has been said about these artists searching for the ugly instead of consoling us with beauty.
    • My associate quickly became a friend as he tried consoling me with humour and sympathy.
    • She had automatically taken her sister into her arms to console her and now Alice was sobbing on her shoulder.
    • As usual, I found myself consoling her for my loss, though she was responsible for it.
    • A female, like Amy, would have just listened to me and consoled me while I had my personal pity party.
    • However I was consoled by the fact that when it had cooled down to a bearable temperature it actually tasted very good.
    • I was genuinely consoled, however, by the fact that my long held suspicions were confirmed.
    • His intent had been to console her; a comfort in the face of growing danger, but she had simply agreed with his assessment of the situation.
    • You know, really I was just trying to console him and comfort him.
    • When a pet died, the family was consoled with pies, cookies and other home-baked goods.
    • Gently she stroked her hair and consoled her with a reassuring touch.
    • But hey, that's life. I consoled her by spending my winnings on chocolate.
    • I consoled him and over his shoulder I saw the girl giving me the eye.
    • Although the recent tendency has been towards bad service, you are often consoled after the first half hour with a bowl of mini cheddars.
    • A woman, who looked like his mother, was petting him on his back, consoling him.
    • He consoled the congregation with the thought that the people had died well-prepared.
    • For example, the day of the verdict, I consoled a good friend of mine about the loss of her father.
    • The best parts of my day were not with him, and when I had a bad day at work, you consoled me.
    • We were also consoled by the fact that the mouse had probably gone to Rodent Heaven, where the cheese is limitless and cats are nowhere to be seen.
    Synonyms
    comfort, solace, condole with, give condolences to

Origin

Mid 17th century (replacing earlier consolate): from French consoler, from Latin consolari, from con- ‘with’ + solari ‘soothe’.

console2

nounˈkɑnˌsoʊlˈkänˌsōl

  • 1A panel or unit accommodating a set of controls for electronic or mechanical equipment.

    （电子或机械装置的）控制板；仪表板；控制台

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hackers can also jack enemy vehicles and make them their own, as well as hack enemy consoles so friendly units can use them.
    • The consoles and instrument panels were black as well, and were not dulled by the fluorescent lights shining overhead.
    • They were expendable anyway, since whenever the ship was hit, control panels and consoles on the bridge would short out in their faces.
    • Once someone gains access to the management console of a switch, he or she has complete control over the parameters of the switch.
    • It features a 2-tone color scheme and a central spine shape that also appears on the center console and instrument panel.
    • The officer hit several controls on the console before him.
    • The medical physicist or the radiation therapist programs the control console.
    • The wood panels make the console nice-looking, the layout of controls is truly eye-catching and the control layout makes sense.
    • You should see a data disk stuck into a control console.
    • The wall opposite the door contained the console controlling the elevator, which was now counting down numbers as it passed floors on its way to the bottom.
    • It consists of three components - an accelerator mounted on a motor-driven gantry, a modulator, and a control console.
    • Data storage can be managed at a central location and recovery, even of infected files, can be controlled from a single console.
    • However he realized that the emergency lights we're on and the main source of lighting was the fires that burned on the control consoles and the walls.
    • However, when she hit the ground, her left shoulder came in contact with the side panel of the control console.
    • The control console has complete instruments for both engines although there is no convenient charting space available.
    • Integration of instrument panels to consoles is done in a way that we've not been able to achieve in the past.
    • I turn to see her enter behind me, waving a hand pass the control console, closing the doors and starting the short trip to the observation deck above.
    • If for some reason a motor or harmonic drive unit failed, it could be disengaged from the control console and could free-wheel.
    • Ruby raced to the intercom and control console for the electronic gates.
    • The limo was expensively furnished, upholstered in leather and faux wood, a large electronic control console on the passenger side.
    Synonyms
    control panel, instrument panel, dashboard, keyboard, keypad
    1. 1.1 A small electronic device for playing computerized video games.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Downstairs the living room was equipped with the latest electronic equipment including satellite TV, two DVD players and games consoles.
      • Up to four computers or games consoles can be attached directly to the device using Ethernet, the standard network connection.
      • Plus, it also works with television, DVD players and many games consoles.
      • The 26-year-old mainly targeted homes empty during the day time and took electrical items such as laptop computers, DVD players and games consoles.
      • There is no doubt that the launch of several new games consoles offering not just games but DVD movies and the promise of online features are tapping a rich vein of demand.
      • Other electronics devices - DVD players, games consoles, and digital cameras - are competing for limited funds.
      • And parents seem to be far more concerned about the amount of time their children spend wired up to games consoles than the actual games they are playing.
      • There was a fairly large flatscreen on one wall, along with a DVD player and a couple of gaming consoles on a small table thing nearby.
      • A surround sound hi-fi system, plasma TV screen, multiplayer games consoles, internet-connected computers with webcam are just some of the accessories that will fit the bill.
      • Ten years ago, very few people had games consoles, broadband Internet or mobile phones.
      • But presumably there will come a time when most homes have it, and it will feed a broader local network comprising not only computers but games consoles and other home entertainment devices.
      • This year, games consoles were everywhere, as well as plasma screens and other domestic products.
      • This was due mainly to weaker sales of games consoles, audio products and extended warranties.
      • Kids these days have shunned bikes and action men in favour of mobile phones and games consoles.
      • In 2000, an Australian researcher warned that we could be on the threshold of a global disaster because of the amount of time kids spent using computers and games consoles.
      • Each has a console, extra controller, the DVD playback kit, and various games.
      • I can't honestly say that a lead between my controller and the console has ever proved restrictive in my gaming pleasure.
      • You can even power up and down the console with your wireless controller.
      • The lad, 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, conned more than 100 people by offering cheap phones, computers, games consoles and other electrical stuff.
      • It might well be that the first genuinely emotional computers are games consoles rather than spacecraft.
    2. 1.2 A monitor and keyboard in a multiuser computer system.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It might well be that the first genuinely emotional computers are games consoles rather than spacecraft.
      • Ten years ago, very few people had games consoles, broadband Internet or mobile phones.
      • Kids these days have shunned bikes and action men in favour of mobile phones and games consoles.
      • You can even power up and down the console with your wireless controller.
      • I can't honestly say that a lead between my controller and the console has ever proved restrictive in my gaming pleasure.
      • The lad, 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, conned more than 100 people by offering cheap phones, computers, games consoles and other electrical stuff.
      • In 2000, an Australian researcher warned that we could be on the threshold of a global disaster because of the amount of time kids spent using computers and games consoles.
      • Each has a console, extra controller, the DVD playback kit, and various games.
      • But presumably there will come a time when most homes have it, and it will feed a broader local network comprising not only computers but games consoles and other home entertainment devices.
      • This year, games consoles were everywhere, as well as plasma screens and other domestic products.
      • This was due mainly to weaker sales of games consoles, audio products and extended warranties.
      • Plus, it also works with television, DVD players and many games consoles.
      • A surround sound hi-fi system, plasma TV screen, multiplayer games consoles, internet-connected computers with webcam are just some of the accessories that will fit the bill.
      • And parents seem to be far more concerned about the amount of time their children spend wired up to games consoles than the actual games they are playing.
      • There was a fairly large flatscreen on one wall, along with a DVD player and a couple of gaming consoles on a small table thing nearby.
      • Other electronics devices - DVD players, games consoles, and digital cameras - are competing for limited funds.
      • The 26-year-old mainly targeted homes empty during the day time and took electrical items such as laptop computers, DVD players and games consoles.
      • There is no doubt that the launch of several new games consoles offering not just games but DVD movies and the promise of online features are tapping a rich vein of demand.
      • Downstairs the living room was equipped with the latest electronic equipment including satellite TV, two DVD players and games consoles.
      • Up to four computers or games consoles can be attached directly to the device using Ethernet, the standard network connection.
    3. 1.3 A cabinet for television or radio equipment.
      电视机（或收音机）柜
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A meteorite crashed through the ceiling, bounced off the radio console, swiped the side of her left thigh and rolled onto the floor.
      • It's a gorgeous multi-level spot with bare brick walls, television consoles in the floor and sleek black tables to suit the sushi and maki dishes on the menu.
      • Because there are a variety of finishes, they can be matched with other wood finishes in the room, whether it is that of a coffee table or entertainment console.
      • Pressing this button causes an alarm to appear on the radio console.
      • Jacob redirected the video feed from the console to a camera above the viewing window.
      • This may be my last broadcast gentle listeners, the last time you hear my soothing words and sage advice drifting out of your radio consoles like a summer zephyr.
      • Five little televisions sat on a console, each monitoring several different security rooms.
      • Greta folded her arms across her chest, peering from the scope to the radio console.
      • He flipped a few switches on the radio console and pressed the transmit button.
      • My suite has classic Lanna touches in its fabrics and art works, and a cannily rotating television console.
      • Several television monitors embedded in the console gave a wider view below and to the sides.
      • Shirked off, Arthur follows Joan to the bathroom and, as he watches her, his eyes click on like an old-fashioned radio console.
      • Lawrence looked over to the radio console and made a slashing motion across his throat.
    4. 1.4 The cabinet or enclosure containing the keyboards, stops, pedals, etc., of an organ.
      风琴的操作部分（包括键盘、音栓、踏板等）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The organ console was located at the left side of the shallow orchestra pit, and its music rack and decorative French caps extended above the level of the stage floor.
      • The organ console was respecified to match the organ I was building.
      • Even the organ console was designed to match the Mayan decor of the theater.
      • For example, elevated or centralized organ consoles suggest the object of our worship is the music, or (worse yet) the musician.
      • This time, the focus was on synths and consoles.

  • 2An ornamented bracket with scrolls or corbel supporting a cornice, shelf, or tabletop.

    （带装饰的）支架，支托

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Made of vitreous China, sinks like the 27 1/2-inch pedestal basin shown come with pedestal covers or metal consoles.
    • There will be an array of other items on display - tables for dining, consoles, side, centre, and coffee tables, mirror frames in wood, and articles in wrought iron and other media.
    • The table and shelf consoles have customized dimensions, materials and colors to suit your space and your functional requirements.
    • But if I was mounting them on the wall I would probably "hang" them on ordinary shelf consoles.
    • Two other hardware elements made by hand are door catches/stops and the shelf consoles that support adjustable shelves.
    • Because the mirrors were so enormous, it was only in exceptional cases that ceiling heights permitted the consoles below them to be of a normal height.
    • In the museum lobby, a main directory resting on a console introduces the tactile itinerary on the slanted glass surface.
    • Classic urn lamps supported by contemporary consoles establish the room's style mix.

  • 3A support between the seats of an automobile that has indentations for holding small items.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cabin feels compact but well laid out with an interesting circular-dominated centre console and a handbrake lever designed like a pistol grip.
    • The luggage went in the trunk, the suits were hung from the hook in the backseat and the console was filled with CDs.
    • The access and double cab models add such things as bucket seats and a center console as standard.
    • A new interior had to be designed to accommodate bucket seats and a floor console.
    • The dashboard, center console, and steering wheel are lined with eucalyptus wood.
    • There is all the more room, then, to sit back and enjoy the interior's centre console, a piece of art above the gearstick.
    • Standard amenities include a large air-cooled glove box, and a power outlet in the centre console.
    • A large center console separates the interior into distinct right and left sections.
    • To make room for the seat, the centre console and cupholder are removed.
    • There are map and bottle holders, pockets on the backs of the front seats, a sunglasses holder and oddments boxes in the centre console.
    • Before getting out, I grabbed the ‘sniffer’, which is kept in the centre console between our seats.
    • The plastic dash and centre console, where the gear lever was mounted, looked sturdy and practical.
    • Saddle leather is also used for the top roll of the dashboard and center console.
    • Its cushion can be folded under the seat on the left-hand side, and a console with cupholders and a storage box can be positioned in its place.
    • The interior has a very functional feel to it with a well laid-out console and quality feeling fittings and furnishings.
    • Additional storage can be found in the bottom seat cushion, which opens to reveal a second console.
    • In addition, a pair of aluminum floor rails let the passengers slide the removable center console fore or aft.
    • When a police officer examined the front seat console more closely, he recovered from it a clear plastic bag.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in console (sense 2)): from French, perhaps from consolider, from Latin consolidare (see consolidate).

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