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
(Secondary)(Geology). former term for Mesozoic (地质)。 同Mesozoic
(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)
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
(the Secondary)(Geology, dated)the Secondary or Mesozoic era (地质 旧)中生代
派生 secondarily adverb secondariness noun 语源
late Middle English: from Latin secundarius 'of the second quality or class', from secundus (see second)