喜樂美語

Think of things lined up one behind another in a fixed order — like beads threaded on a single string, or carriages coupled into a train — each one following the one before it in a single line.

可以想成一串東西前後排成固定的順序，像一顆顆珠子串在同一條線上、或一節節車廂接成一列火車——每一個都緊跟在前一個後面，連成一條不斷的隊伍。

From the word’s history

Serial comes from Latin series 'a row, chain, succession', from the verb serere 'to join, link, line up' — literally things linked into one single line.

serial 來自拉丁文 series（一排、一串、一連串），而 series 又來自動詞 serere「連接、串起、排成一列」；換句話說，這個字骨子裡就是「把東西一個接一個串成一條線」。

etymonline.com/word/serial 與 /word/series（serere 'to join, link'）

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

複數 serials

意思相近

sequentialseriesrepeatconsecutivedramahabitualorderedsoap operapersistentserializedrepeatedinstallment-based+3

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

serialadj/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/

  • 1

    Having to do with or arranged in a series.

    • These singular ribs have a very different direction from that of the serial teeth of the hinge, and cannot be taken for teeth.
  • 2

    Who performs a specified action or course of action repeatedly or regularly.

    • The serial killer had a string of victims across seven states.
    • He was a serial entrepreneur, always coming up with a new way to make cash.
  • 3

    Published or produced in installments.

  • 4

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsOf or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that is habitual and ongoing.

serialnoun/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/

  • 1

    A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.

  • 2

    A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.

  • 3

    slangcomputingengineeringmathematicsA serial number, esp. one required to activate software.

    • Go to these sites for serials, cracks and keygens.
  • 4

    A unit of police officers equipped with shields to tackle a riot.

    • The practice, especially among members of shield serials, of 'whooping like cowboys and indians' and beating of truncheons on riot shields must cease as this tends to frighten and intimidate rioters.
    • The serials worked in pairs, one with long shields and one with short shields.

serialverb/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/

  • 1

    to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)

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