series

series
(复同单)

a number of things, events, or people of a similar kind or related nature coming one after another
系列
the explosion was the latest in a series of accidents.
此次爆炸是系列事故中的最新一起。
he gave a series of lectures on modern art.
他作了现代艺术的系列讲座。
■[usu. with adj. or noun modifier]a set of related television or radio programmes, especially of a specified kind
系列剧；连续剧
a new drama series.
一部新的舞台系列剧。
■a set of books, maps, periodicals, or other documents published in a common format or under a common title
系列出版物
■a set of games played between two teams
系列比赛
the Test series against Australia.
与澳大利亚队决赛阶段的系列比赛。
■a line of products, especially vehicles or machines, sharing features of design or assembly and marketed with a separate number from other lines
（尤指车辆、机械的）系列产品
[as modifier]a series III SWB Land Rover.
陆虎ⅢSWB 系列产品。
■a set of stamps, banknotes, or coins issued at a particular time
（同时发行的）一套邮票（或货币，硬币）
■[as modifier]denoting electrical circuits or components arranged so that the current passes through each successively
（电路）串联的。 parallel的反义词
■(Geology)(in chronostratigraphy) a range of strata corresponding to an epoch in time, being a subdivision of a system and itself subdivided into stages
(地质)（年代地层学）统，（岩系的）段
the Pliocene series.
上新世岩系段。
■(Mathematics)a set of quantities constituting a progression or having the several values determined by a common relation
(数)级数；序列项的总和
■(Phonetics)a group of speech sounds having at least one phonetic feature in common but distinguished in other respects
(语音学)有共同特征的一组语音；系列（音）
■(Music). another term for tone row
(乐)。同 tone row

常用词组
in series

(of a set of batteries or electrical components) arranged so that the current passes through each successively
（一组电池、电器）串联的

语源

early 17th cent.: from Latin, literally row, chain', from serere 'join, connect'

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