| 释义 |
ordinal/ˈɔ:din(ə)l/ n. & adj.●n. 1 (in full 全称 ordinal number) a number defining a thing's position in a series, e.g. ‘first’, ‘second’, ‘third’, etc. (cf. 参见 CARDINAL NUMBER) 序数词(表示事物在一序列中的位置，如第一、第二、第三等) 2 Eccl. a service book, esp. one with the forms of service used at ordinations 【教会】(尤指有关授圣职仪式的)授任仪式书；弥撒规则书 ●adj. 1a of or relating to an ordinal number (有关)序数词的 b defining a thing's position in a series etc. (在序列等中)顺序的 2 Biol. of or concerning an order (see 见 ORDER n. 8)【生】(有关)“目”的 [Middle English via Late Latin ordinalis from Latin (as ORDER: sense 2 of noun from medieval Latin ordinale (liber ‘book’))] |