n.篮球中锋，中场手; 中心，中心区，中央，中枢，核心，（议会等的）中间派，中心站（或场，所），中线
v.集中，把……聚集在
复数：centers过去分词：centered过去式：centered现在分词：centering第三人称单数：centers
柯林斯词典
→ see: centre
双语例句
Indianapolis beat out nearly 100 other cities as the site for a huge United Airlines maintenance center 印第安纳波利斯从近百座城市中胜出，成为美国联合航空公司大型维护中心所在地。
Some students today blocked a highway that cuts through the center of the city 今天一些学生堵塞了一条贯穿市中心的公路。
They ran to the center of the tent to take their bows. 他们跑到帐篷中央鞠躬致意。
Fires were burning out of control in the center of the city 市中心的火势失去了控制。
He put the pile of chips in the center of the table and drew a card. 他将一堆筹码堆在桌子中间，抽了一张牌。
The flag was red, with a large white circle in the center 旗子是红色的，中央有个白色大圆圈。
He is currently being held in a metropolitan correctional center. 他现在被关在一个大城市的改造中心。
Hundreds of thousands of people have crowded into the center of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius 几十万人涌入立陶宛首都维尔纽斯的市中心。
Ten years ago today the US Center for Disease Control published the first faint warnings of a worldwide epidemic. 10年前的今天，美国疾病控制中心敷衍其事地发出了第一份警告：一场世界范围的流行病可能会出现。
Daly kept this school open after hours so it doubled as a community center. 戴利在学生放学后继续开放学校，把它兼作社区中心。
Draw a line down that page's center. 沿那一页的中心画一条竖线。
The Leisure Center is a long and low modern building. 休闲中心是一个狭长而低矮的现代建筑。
Just plop the noodles over the center of the sauce 把面条轻放在调味汁中间就行了。
He had been denied what he believed to be his rightful position at the center of things 他被拒绝了他认为原应属于自己的中心地位。
At the center of the dial is a piece of smoky glass 表盘的中央是一块烟灰色的玻璃。
He aimed for the center of the man's head and squeezed off a single round. 他瞄准那名男子的脑门正中开了一枪。
The center is staffed with highly trained physicians 该中心配备了训练有素的医生。
The company has struck gold with its new holiday development, Center Parcs. 该公司凭借其新开发的“中央公园”度假村而赚了个盆满钵满。
The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly 飓风中心警告人们，不要对热带风暴的危险掉以轻心。
Yvonne is thinking of opening her own center soon. 伊冯想着不久就要开她自己的健身中心了。
To remove the ambiguity, these laws should refer to the velocity and the acceleration of the center of mass. 要避免含糊，这些定律所指的应当是质心的速度和加速度。
The6-7 swingman is capable of guarding every position but center. 6-7的摇摆人能防守中锋以外的每个位置。
Center cities are the basic struts for china's new economic system and the pivots for economic motion. 中心城市是我国新的经济体制模式框架的基本支撑点和经济运行的枢纽。
It moves down at the center of the fixed cylinderical vessel. 它在固定圆筒容器的中心下移。
A heavy car with a low center of gravity will hug the road. 重心低的载重汽车会在路面上平稳行驶。
The Fifth Avenue is a famous shopping center in new york. 第五大街是纽约著名的购物中心。
The diameter of a circle must go through the center. 圆的直径必相交于圆心。
The chief differences between chlorophyll and heme are the presence of a magnesium atom in the center of the porphyrin ring. 叶绿素和血红素之间的主要的差别为在卟啉环中心存在一个镁原子。
英英释义
noun
a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
(American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback
the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
a building dedicated to a particular activity
they were raising money to build a new center for research
Synonym:centre
the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
he hit the ball to deep center
Synonym:center fieldcenterfield
mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers
a good plaza should have a movie house
they spent their weekends at the local malls
Synonym:plazamallshopping mallshopping centershopping centre
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
Synonym:centrenerve centernerve centre
the object upon which interest and attention focuses
his stories made him the center of the party
Synonym:centrecenter of attentioncentre of attention
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the gist of the prosecutor's argument
the heart and soul of the Republican Party
the nub of the story
Synonym:kernelsubstancecorecentreessencegistheartheart and soulinwardnessmarrowmeatnubpithsumnitty-gritty
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
Synonym:centre
politically moderate persons
the middle of a military or naval formation
they had to reinforce the center
a place where some particular activity is concentrated
they received messages from several centers
Synonym:centre
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
Synonym:centremidpoint
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
it is in the center of town
they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
they were in the eye of the storm
Synonym:centremiddlehearteye
(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
the center fumbled the handoff
Synonym:snapper
(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
verb
direct one's attention on something
Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
Synonym:concentratefocuscentreporerivet
move into the center
That vase in the picture is not centered
Synonym:centre
center upon
Her entire attention centered on her children
Our day revolved around our work
Synonym:focus oncenter onrevolve aroundrevolve aboutconcentrate on
adj
of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
