assembly
/əˈsemblɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1
- a group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose（为共同目的）聚集到一起的人：
an assembly of dockers and labourers.
一群集合起来的码头工人和劳工。
1.1
- a group of such a type elected to make laws or decisions for a particular country or region议会。
2
- mass noun the action of gathering together as a group for a common purpose集合, 集会：
a decree guaranteeing freedom of assembly.
确保集会自由的法令。
2.1
- the regular gathering of the teachers and pupils of a school at the start or end of the day（师生在一天始末的）定时集合：
he was told off for talking in assembly.
他被分派去师生集合时发言。
2.2
- （一般作the assembly）chiefly historical a signal for troops to assemble, given by drum or bugle〈主史〉（鼓或军号发出的）军队集合信号。
3
- mass noun [often as modifier] the action of fitting together the component parts of a machine or other object（机器等的）组装, 装配：
a car assembly plant.
汽车装配工厂。
3.1
- count noun a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together零件组合, 组件：
the tail assembly of the aircraft.
飞机尾部的零件组装。
3.2
- usu. as modifier Computing the conversion of instructions in low-level code to machine code by an assembler【计算机】汇编。
词源
Middle English: from Old French asemblee, feminine past participle of asembler （see ASSEMBLE）.