secondary

secondary
adjective
  1. coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary
    第二的;第二位的;副的
    luck plays a role, but it's ultimately secondary to local knowledge.
    运气起一定的作用,但它相对于对当地情况的了解而言终究是次要的。
    ■of or relating to education for children from the age of eleven to sixteen or eighteen
    (与)中等教育(有关)的
    a secondary school.
    中等学校。
    ■having a reversible chemical reaction and therefore able to store energy
    (化学反应)副的;二代的
    ■relating to or denoting the output side of a device using electromagnetic induction, especially in a transformer
    (电)次级的
  2. (Secondary)(Geology). former term for Mesozoic
    (地质)。 同Mesozoic
  3. (Chemistry)(of an organic compound) having its functional group located on a carbon atom which is bonded to two other carbon atoms
    (化)(有机化合物)二代的
    ■(chiefly of amines) derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by organic groups
    (主指胺)仲的
(pl. -ies)
  1. short for
    ■(Brit.)a secondary school
    (英)。 secondary school 的简称
    ■(Ornithology)a secondary feather
    (鸟)。 secondary feather 的简称
    ■a secondary coil or winding in an electrical transformer
    变压器中的次级线圈
  2. (the Secondary)(Geology, dated)the Secondary or Mesozoic era
    (地质 旧)中生代
派生
secondarily
adverb
secondariness
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin secundarius 'of the second quality or class', from secundus (see second)
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