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base

英 [beɪs] 美[bes]
  • n. 基础;底部;垒
  • adj. 卑鄙的;低劣的
  • vt. 以…作基础
  • n. (Base)人名;(日)马濑(姓)

英英释意


1. any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water;
"bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"
2. installation from which a military force initiates operations;
"the attack wiped out our forward bases"
3. lowest support of a structure;
"it was built on a base of solid rock"
"he stood at the foot of the tower"
4. place that runner must touch before scoring;
"he scrambled to get back to the bag"
5. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place;
"10 is the radix of the decimal system"
6. the bottom or lowest part;
"the base of the mountain"
7. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment;
"the base of the skull"
8. a lower limit;
"the government established a wage floor"
9. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;
"the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
10. a support or foundation;
"the base of the lamp"
11. the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed;
"the base of the triangle"
12. the most important or necessary part of something;
"the basis of this drink is orange juice"
13. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
14. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"
15. the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area;
"the industrial base of Japan"
16. the principal ingredient of a mixture;
"glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"
"he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"
"everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base"
17. a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit;
"a tub should sit on its own base"
18. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector