| 释义 |
axis1/ˈæksis/n. (pl. axes /-si:z/) 1a an imaginary line about which a body rotates or about which a plane figure is conceived as generating a solid 轴，轴线 b a line which divides a regular figure symmetrically (将物体对称分开的)中心线 2 Math. a fixed reference line for the measurement of coordinates etc. 【数】坐标轴 3 Bot. the central column of an inflorescence or other growth 【植】茎轴，主茎(花序等的中轴线) 4 Anat. the second cervical vertebra 【解】第二颈椎 5 Physiol. the central part of an organ or organism 【生理】(器官或有机体的)枢椎 6 an agreement or alliance between two or more countries forming a centre for an eventual larger grouping of nations sharing an ideal or objective 轴心(两国或多国之间的协议或联盟、作为最终形成的一个更大国家集团的核心) 7 (作 the Axis)a the alliance of Germany and Italy formed before and during the Second World War, later extended to include Japan and other countries (第二次世界大战德国和意大利组成，后日本等国也加入的)轴心国 b these countries as a group 组成轴心的国家 [Latin, = axle, pivot] |