structure: [15] Structure comes via Old French structure from Latin structūra, a noun derived from the past participle of struere ‘build’. Other English words from the same source are construct, construe, destroy, destruction, instruct, and obstruct [17]. => construct, construe, destroy, destruction, instruct, obstruct, strain
structure (n.)
mid-15c., "action or process of building or construction;" 1610s, "that which is constructed, a building or edifice;" from Latin structura "a fitting together, adjustment; a building, mode of building;" figuratively, "arrangement, order," from structus, past participle of struere "to pile, place together, heap up; build, assemble, arrange, make by joining together," related to strues "heap," from PIE *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out."
The widespread descendants of this ancient root are believed to include: Sanskrit strnoti "strews, throws down;" Avestan star- "to spread out, stretch out;" Greek stronymi "strew," stroma "bedding, mattress," sternon "breast, breastbone;" Latin sternere "to stretch, extend;" Old Church Slavonic stira, streti "spread," strama "district;" Russian stroji "order;" Gothic straujan, Old High German strouwen, Old English streowian "to sprinkle, strew;" Old English streon "strain," streaw "straw, that which is scattered;" Old High German stirna "forehead," strala "arrow, lightning bolt;" Old Irish fo-sernaim "spread out," srath "a wide river valley;" Welsh srat "plain."
structure (v.)
"put together systematically," by 1855 (occasional use from late 16c.), from structure (n.). Related: Structured; structuring.
雙語例句
1. The theatre is a futuristic steel and glass structure.
這家劇院是鋼筋和玻璃結(jié)構(gòu)的未來派建筑。
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2. Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness.
撕裂的肌肉會收縮，喪失原來的力量、結(jié)構(gòu)和緊實度。
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3. My grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material.
我所不滿的是素材的結(jié)構(gòu)和組織。
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4. The chronological sequence gives the book an element of structure.
時間順序讓這本書有了一定的結(jié)構(gòu)。
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5. The chemical structure of this particular molecule is very unusual.