/ˈtɜ:mɪnl ||; ˈtɝmənḷ/adj
(used about an illness) slowly causing death (指疾病)晚期的,末期的:
terminal cancer晚期癌症 ➔terminally /-nəli ||; -nḷɪ/ adva terminally ill patient 晚期病人
terminal²
/ˈtɜ:mɪnl ||; ˈtɝmənḷ/noun[C]
1 a large railway station, bus station or building at an airport where journeys begin and end (铁路、公共汽车的)终点站,总站;候机楼;航站:
the bus terminal公共汽车总站Which terminal are you flying from?你从哪个航站起飞?
2 the computer that one person uses for getting information from a central computer or for putting information into it (计算机的)终端