the twenty-first letter of the alphabet 英語(yǔ)字母表中第二十一個(gè)字母 ■denoting the next after T in a set of items, categories, etc U項(xiàng),U類(lèi)(一組項(xiàng)目、分類(lèi)中的第二十一位)
(U)a shape like that of a capital U, especially a cross section (尤指橫截面)U字形 [in combination]U-shaped glaciated valleys. U字形冰蝕谷。
U2 [ju?] abbreviation for
■(in names of sports clubs) United (體育俱樂(lè)部名)同United Newcastle U. 紐卡斯?fàn)柭?lián)隊(duì)。 ■(Brit.)universal (denoting films classified as suitable without restriction) (英)。 (電影分級(jí))同 universal ■Uruguay (international vehicle registration) 同 uruguay(國(guó)際車(chē)輛注冊(cè)用語(yǔ))
symbol for
the chemical element uranium 鈾,鈾元素
U3 [ju?] adjective
(informal, chiefly Brit.)(of language or social behaviour) characteristic of or appropriate to the upper social classes (非正式,主英)(語(yǔ)言,社會(huì)行為)上流社會(huì)的,上等階層的 U manners. 上流社會(huì)的禮儀。
語(yǔ)源
abbreviation of upper class; coined in 1954 by Alan S. C. Ross, professor of linguistics, the term was popularized by its use in Nancy Mitford's Noblesse Oblige (1956)
U4 [u?] noun
a Burmese title of respect before a man's name, equivalent to Mr (置于緬甸男子姓名前表示尊稱(chēng),相當(dāng)于Mr)先生 U Thien San. 天山先生。