symmetry 英 [ˈsɪmətri]   美 [ˈsɪmɪtri]

symmetry

symmetry  英 [ˈsɪmətri] 美 [ˈsɪmɪtri]

n. 对称(性),匀称 

名词复数:symmetries 

the perfect symmetry of the garden design 花园图案的完全对称
the increasing symmetry between men's and women's jobs 男女职业的日渐趋同

  • Things that have symmetry are balanced, with each side reflecting the other. A human body has such complex symmetry, from eyes, ears, and nostrils to arms, legs, and feet, that even a minor injury can make a body look unbalanced.
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  • n. 对称(性),匀称
  • 1. the perfect symmetry of the garden design

    花园图案的完全对称

  • 2. the increasing symmetry between men's and women's jobs

    男女职业的日渐趋同

  • symmetry (n.) 1560s, "relation of parts, proportion," from Middle French symmétrie (16c.) and directly from Latin symmetria, from Greek symmetria "agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement," from symmetros "having a common measure, even, proportionate," from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + metron "measure" (from PIE root *me- (2) "to measure"). Meaning "harmonic arrangement of parts" first recorded 1590s.
sym·metry / ˈsɪmətri ; NAmE ˈsɪmətri / noun [uncountable ] 1 the exact match in size and shape between two halves, parts or sides of sth 对称 the perfect symmetry of the garden design 花园图案的完全对称 2 the quality of being very similar or equal 相似;相仿;相等 the increasing symmetry between men's and women's jobs 男女职业的日渐趋同 symmetry symmetries sym·metry / ˈsɪmətri ; NAmE ˈsɪmətri /
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