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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- secondary [ 'sεkən .dεrɪ] [ 'sekəndərɪ]
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1.
adjective
（等级、重要性、位置等）第二的
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2.
adjective
从属的；派生的
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3.
adjective
第二手的
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4.
adjective
和色的
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5.
adjective
继发的；第二期的
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6.
adjective
中级的
- secondary education
- 中等教育
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7.
adjective
[chemistry]
二代的
- secondary sodium phosphate
- 二代磷酸盐
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8.
adjective
[chemistry]
仲的
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9.
adjective
[electronics]
次级的，产生感应电流的
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10.
adjective
[geology]
次生的，第二代的
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11.
adjective
[linguistics]
派生的
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12.
adjective
[zoology]
次级飞羽的
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13.
noun
副手；次要人物；二等品
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14.
noun
和色
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15.
noun
[electronics]
次级绕圈（或绕组）
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16.
noun
[rugby]
[American English]
第二防守卫
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17.
noun
[zoology]
次级飞羽
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1.
adjective
（等级、重要性、位置等）第二的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- secondary ['sεkəndərɪ]
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1.
adj
one grade or step after the first; not primary
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2.
adj
derived from or depending on what is primary, original, or first
- a secondary source
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3.
adj
below the first in rank, importance, etc; not of major importance
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4.
adj
[prenominal]
of or relating to the education of young people between the ages of 11 and 18
- secondary education
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5.
adj
(of the flight feathers of a bird's wing) growing from the ulna
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6.
adj
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7.
adj
being the part of an electric circuit, such as a transformer or induction coil, in which a current is induced by a changing current in a neighbouring coil
- a secondary coil
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8.
adj
(of a current) flowing in such a circuit - Compare primary
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9.
adj
(of an industry) involving the manufacture of goods from raw materials - Compare primary tertiary
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10.
adj
[geology]
(of minerals) formed by the alteration of pre-existing minerals
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11.
adj
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12.
adj
[chem]
(of an organic compound) having a functional group attached to a carbon atom that is attached to one hydrogen atom and two other groups
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13.
adj
(of an amine) having only two organic groups attached to a nitrogen atom; containing the group NH
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14.
adj
(of a salt) derived from a tribasic acid by replacement of two acidic hydrogen atoms with metal atoms or electropositive groups
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15.
adj
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16.
adj
[linguistics]
derived from a word that is itself a derivation from another word. Thus, lovably comes from lovable and is a secondary derivative from love
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17.
adj
(of a tense in Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit) another word for historic
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18.
n
a person or thing that is secondary
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19.
n
a subordinate, deputy, or inferior
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20.
n
a secondary coil, winding, inductance, or current in an electric circuit
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21.
n
[ornithol]
any of the flight feathers that grow from the ulna of a bird's wing - See primary
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22.
n
[astronomy]
a celestial body that orbits around a specified primary body
- the moon is the secondary of the earth
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23.
n
[med]
a cancerous growth in some part of the body away from the site of the original tumour
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24.
n
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25.
n
short for secondary colour
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1.
adj
one grade or step after the first; not primary
Examples
- secondary education
- 中等教育 → secondary
- secondary sodium phosphate
- 二代磷酸盐 → secondary
- secondary colors
- 次色，混合色，调和色 (由两种原色调成的颜色，如绿色、橙色、紫色等） → color
- secondary technical school
- 相对面言
- Petroleum coke can be used as either a primary or a secondary fuel.
- 石油焦炭既可用作初级燃料也可用作二级燃料。 → coke
- Most of the teacher training college graduates work as teachers in primary or secondary schools.
- 师范院校大部分的毕业生都在小学和中学里当老师。
- of secondary importance
- 次要的 → secondary
- a secondary source → secondary
- secondary education → secondary
- a secondary coil → secondary
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