centre (美 center ) n. 中心,中央
center ['sentə] 中心
centering ['sentəriŋ] 向中对齐
戒毒所 drug rehabilitation center
街心花园 park at an intersection; garden in the city center
全面实施以德育为核心、以创新精神和实践能力为重点的素质教育 carry on the quality education centering on moral education and emphasizing creativity and practice
投诉中心 complaint center
寻呼小姐 operators who work with paging centers
寻呼台 paging centers
再就业服务中心 re-employment service center
中国经济景气监测中心 China Economic Monitoring Center
职业介绍所 career service center; job center
Audio Center 音频中心
ACC Automatic Centering Control 自动中心控制
CCS Center Central System 中心控制系统
Center Storage Server 中央存储服务器
IM International Broadcasting Center 国际广播中心
ISA Information Processing Center 信息处理中心
NAB Mobile Telephone Switching Center 移动电话交换中心
PSC Program Switching Center 节目切换中心
RCC Route Control Center 路由控制中心
STC Satellite Tracking Center 卫星跟踪中心
TCC Television Control Center 电视控制中心
Guide to Building Fire Service Training Centers
建筑消防部门训练中心指南
Shopping Center 购物中心
trading center 贸易中心
center中锋（又称5号位置球员）
Mobile phone center 移动电话中心
Easy access to… Close to city center.
紧靠市中心，去……交通便利，。
Friendly family guest house near city center and railway station.
家庭式客房，紧靠市中心和火车站。
博士后科研流动站 center for post-doctoral studies
资料中心 data center
通信中心室 communication center
Shopping mall/shopping center 购物中心
课堂是以教师为中心还是以学生为中心？ A Teacher-centered Class or A Student-centered Class?
buying center 采购中心
organization buying center 组织采购中心
国际专利文献中心《INPADOC》 International Patent Documentation Center
World Trade Center, New York City, USA 美国纽约世界贸易中心
艾滋病教育培训中心 AIDS education and training centers (AETC)
美国疾病控制预防中心 CDC ( US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
输血中心 blood Collection Center
AIDS education and training centers (AETC) 艾滋病教育培训中心
blood Collection Center 输血中心
CDC ( US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 美国疾病控制预防中心
It is desirable to build more hospitals, shopping centers, recreation centers, cinemas and other public facilities to meet the growing needs of people.
人们希望建立更多的医院、购物中心、娱乐中心、电影院和其他公用设施来满足人们日益增长的需求。
Machining center 加工中心
GMSC Gateway Mobile Switching Center 关口移动交换中心
SMSC Short Message Service Center 短消息业务中心
国际材料物理中心 International Center for Materials Physics (ICMP)
亚欧环境技术中心 Asia-Europe Environmental Technology Center
international finance center 国际金融中心
止点
dead center
上止点
top dead center(upper dead center)
下止点
lower dead center(bottom dead center)
上止点前
budc(before upper dead center)
下止点前
bbdc(before bottom dead center)
下止点后
abdc(after bottom dead center)
对中
centered
眼椭圆中心
eyellipse center
中间压盘
center plate
中心球和座
centering ball and seat
定心钢球
centering ball
传动轴中间轴承
drive shaft center bearing
中心盖 Center Cover
Unemployed people are the main users of this advice center.
失业者是这个咨询中心的主要客户。
Student-centered teaching is interactive teaching in the classroom.
以学生为中心的教学是一种在课堂上师生双向互动的教学方法。
The information office is located in the city center.
问讯处位于市中心。
The city is growing and property in the center is becoming more valuable.
城市在扩展，所以市中心的房地产越来越值钱。
Universities are centers of intellectual activities.
大学是智力活动的中心。
The target of the attack was a train station in the center of the city.
此次进攻的目标是市中心的一个火车站。
This city serves as an important commercial center in the western region.
这座城市是西部地区一个重要的商业中心。
The glass panel is set in the center of the door.
玻璃板镶在门正中。
To avoid the city center, turn right here.
如果要避开市中心，请从这里向右转弯。
He moved the table over to the center of the room.
他把桌子移到房间中心。
Beijing is the political and financial center of China.
北京是中国的政治和金融中心。
The topic centers on the crisis in these two countries.
话题以那两个国家的危机为中心。
我是个顾家的人。
I'm a family-centered person.
I'm a family man.
他很自私。
He's selfish. *selfish 带有轻视的语气，表示“自私的”、“利己的”、“不考虑别人的”。
I don't like John. (我不喜欢约翰。)
Why? (为什么?)
Because he's selfish. (他太自私了。)
He's self-centered. (他总是以自己为中心。)
He's self-serving. (他是个只顾自己的人。)
He only cares about himself. (他只想他自己的事。)
He doesn't care about anyone but himself. (他从来不想别人。)
别那么自私。
Don't be selfish. *selfish “任性的，自私的，利己的”。
Don't be self-centered.
Don't be egotistical.
We use service centers at major stores. They ship goods back to our national service center for repairs.
我们采用大店服务中心，他们可把产品运送到我们的国内服务中心维修。
Electrical center 电中心
A Let’s meet tomorrow at the Starbucks near the World Trade Center.
A 咱们明天在世界贸易中心附近的星巴克见面。
B How do I find that?
B 我怎么才能找到世界贸易中心？
A Head east and go all the way along Chang’ an Avenue, at the end the World Trade Center is on your left.
A 向东沿着长安大街一直走到头，世界贸易中心就在你的左边。
B OK, on my left at the end of Chang’ an Avenue. I’ve got that. Then what?
B 好，在长安大街尽头，我的左侧。我明白了。然后呢？
A Well, you’ll see the World Trade Center – it’s the really tall building on your left. The Starbucks is at ground floor level, near the entrance to the building.
A 哦，你将看到世界贸易中心——在你左侧非常高的大厦。星巴克在一楼，在大厦的入口附近。
B OK, that sounds easy. See you there tomorrow morning.
B 好，听起来很容易。明天上午在那里见面。
A What do you think of the new Olympic buildings?
A 你觉得新建的奥运会场馆如何？
B I love the Olympic Swimming Center. It’s beautiful.
B 我非常喜欢奥林匹克游泳场馆。它真是太漂亮了。
A Yes, it’s just like a giant glass cube.
A 是的，它看起来像是一个巨大的玻璃立方体。
B It looks like it’s made of water!
B 它看上去像水做得一样！
A Let’s meet tomorrow at the Starbucks near the World Trade Center.
A 咱们明天在世界贸易中心附近的星巴克见面吧。
B Where is that exactly?
B 它的具体位置在哪里？
A Go east and go all the way along Changan Avenue. The World Trade Center is on your left.
A 往东沿着长安街走到头，世贸就在你的左手边。
B I remember. The Starbucks is at ground floor level, near the entrance to the building.
B 我记得了。星巴克就在一层，离入口处很近。
It might be a good idea to join a fitness center.
您可以参加健身俱乐部。
@@@ 活动, 行动
active volcano 活火山
bring into action 使行动起来
change of pace 变换活动; 换口味
do about 对...想某种办法或采取某种行动
get in on 参加(活动), 加入
get off the ground (指活动、事业等)顺利开始
get the ball rolling 开始某种活动, 开始
get under way 开动
go around 四处活动; 散布, 传播
leave for 动身前往(某地)
recreation center 活动中心
set in motion 开动; 使...运转; 调动...
set out (for) 朝...方向去; 动身去...
start out 开始时打算, 本来想要; 动身
take action 行动, 采取行动
- be in the seventh heaven 高心极了
Mary was in seventh heaven when she finally came to Paris, the center of fashion.
This is the busiest street in the city. It’s the commercial and cultural center here.
这是这儿最繁华的街道，是本市的商业和文化中心。
璧 [bì] /piece of jade with hole in center/
边远 [biān yuǎn] /far from the center/remote/outlying/
当中 [dāng zhōng] /among/in the middle/in the center/
购物中心 [gòu wù zhōng xīn] /shopping center/
疾病预防中心 [jí bìng yù fáng zhōng xīn] /(U.S.) Center for Disease Control/
日心说 [rì xīn shuō] /heliocentric theory/the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe/
商业中心 [shāng yè zhōng xīn] /business center/commerce center/
围绕 [wéi rǎo] /revolve around/center on (an issue)/
研究中心 [yán jiū zhōng xīn] /research center/
央 [yāng] /beg/center/
医学中心 [yī xué zhōng xīn] /medical center/
指挥中心 [zhǐ huī zhōng xīn] /command center/
中 [zhōng] /within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during/China/Chinese/
中心 [zhōng xīn] /center/heart/core/
中央 [zhōng yāng] /central/middle/center/
重心 [zhòng xīn] /(n) center of gravity/(n) core; main part/
Nancy Dubler, director of Montefiore Medical Center, contends that the principle will shield doctors who "until now have very, very strongly insisted that they could not give patients sufficient mediation to control their pain if that might hasten death."
蒙特非奥里医疗中心主任南希·都博勒认为，这项原则将消除部分医生的疑虑，这些医生在此之前一直强烈地认为，如果给病人充分的药品来止痛会加速他们的死亡的话工那就不能这样做。
{adj: Lancastrian} of or relating to the English city of Lancaster or its residents
"Lancastrian city center"
{adj: Ptolemaic} of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system
"in the Ptolemaic system of planetary motion the earth is fixed as the center of the universe with the sun and moon and planets revolving around it"
{adj: acentric} not centered or having no center
{adj: anthropocentric} human-centered
"our anthropocentric view of the world"
{adj: anticyclonic} of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center
{adj: apart, isolated, obscure} remote and separate physically or socially
"existed over the centuries as a world apart"
"preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson
"tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"
"an obscure village"
{adj: ball-hawking} used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit
"a ball-hawking center fielder"
{adj: bicentric} having two centers
{adj: blood-filled} containing blood
"the blood-filled centers of arteries and veins"
{adj: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving} very lively and profitable
"flourishing businesses"
"a palmy time for stockbrokers"
"a prosperous new business"
"doing a roaring trade"
"a thriving tourist center"
"did a thriving business in orchids"
{adj: center, halfway, middle, midway} equally distant from the extremes
{adj: centered, centred, centralized, centralised, focused} concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose
{adj: centered} being or placed in the center
{adj: center} of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
<-> right, left
{adj: centralized, centralised} drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority
"centralized control of emergency relief efforts"
"centralized government"
<-> decentralized
{adj: central} in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
"a central position"
"central heating and air conditioning"
<-> peripheral
{adj: centric, centrical} having or situated at or near a center
{adj: centrifugal} tending to move away from a center
"centrifugal force"
<-> centripetal
{adj: centripetal} tending to move toward a center
"centripetal force"
<-> centrifugal
{adj: child-centered} designed to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information
{adj: civic} of or relating or belonging to a city
"civic center"
"civic problems"
{adj: compact, dense, thick} having component parts closely crowded together
"a compact shopping center"
"a dense population"
"thick crowds"
"a thick forest"
"thick hair"
{adj: concentric, concentrical, homocentric} having a common center
"concentric rings"
<-> eccentric
{adj: cyclonic, cyclonal, cyclonical} of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center
"cyclonic cloud pattern"
{adj: decentralized, decentralised} withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities
"a decentralized school administration"
<-> centralized
{adj: deep} having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
"a deep well"
"a deep dive"
"deep water"
"a deep casserole"
"a deep gash"
"deep massage"
"deep pressure receptors in muscles"
"deep shelves"
"a deep closet"
"surrounded by a deep yard"
"hit the ball to deep center field"
"in deep space"
"waist-deep"
<-> shallow
{adj: downtown} of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center
"downtown Manhattan"
"delinquents roaming the downtown streets"
<-> uptown
{adj: eccentric, nonconcentric} not having a common center; not concentric
"eccentric circles"
<-> concentric
{adj: egoistic, egoistical, egocentric, self-centered, self-centred} limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
<-> altruistic
{adj: energizing, energising, kinetic} supplying motive force
"the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor
{adj: ethnocentric} centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own
{adj: exact} marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
"an exact mind"
"an exact copy"
"hit the exact center of the target"
<-> inexact
{adj: geocentric} having the earth as the center
<-> heliocentric
{adj: heliocentric} having the sun as the center
<-> geocentric
{adj: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian} marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
"a humane physician"
"released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"
"respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"
{adj: inbound, inward} directed or moving inward or toward a center
"the inbound train"
"inward flood of capital"
{adj: inner} exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
"inner regions of the organization"
"inner circles of government"
{adj: inner} located or occurring within or closer to a center
"an inner room"
<-> outer
{adj: inside} relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
"he reached into his inside jacket pocket"
"inside out"
"an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter"
<-> outside
{adj: interior} inside and toward a center
"interior regions of the earth"
{adj: inward-developing} toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center
{adj: inward-moving} moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve
{adj: leftist, left-of-center, left-wing} believing in or supporting tenets of the political left
{adj: left} being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
"my left hand"
"left center field"
"the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"
<-> right
{adj: left} of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
<-> center, right
{adj: live, unrecorded} actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
"a live television program"
"brought to you live from Lincoln Center"
"live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience"
<-> recorded
{adj: matchless, nonpareil, one, one and only, peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled} eminent beyond or above comparison
"matchless beauty"
"the team's nonpareil center fielder"
"she's one girl in a million"
"the one and only Muhammad Ali"
"a peerless scholar"
"infamy unmatched in the Western world"
"wrote with unmatchable clarity"
"unrivaled mastery of her art"
{adj: matricentric} centered upon the mother
{adj: off-center, off-centered} situated away from the center or axis
{adj: orthogonal, rectangular} having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles
"wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"
"a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"
{adj: outermost, outmost} situated at the farthest possible point from a center
{adj: outer} being on the outside or further from a center
"spent hours adorning the outer man"
"the outer suburbs"
<-> inner
{adj: outlying} relatively far from a center or middle
"outlying settlements"
{adj: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking} having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
"an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"
"a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"
"salient traits"
"a spectacular rise in prices"
"a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"
"a striking resemblance between parent and child"
{adj: outward-developing} away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge
{adj: outward-moving} moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve
{adj: patricentric} centered upon the father
{adj: peltate, shield-shaped} of a leaf shape; round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)
{adj: radial, stellate} arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
"radial symmetry"
"a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"
"many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"
{adj: radial} issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light
"radial heat"
{adj: right} being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
"my right hand"
"right center field"
"a right-hand turn"
"the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"
<-> left
{adj: right} of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
<-> left, center
{adj: shallow} lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
"shallow water"
"a shallow dish"
"a shallow cut"
"a shallow closet"
"established a shallow beachhead"
"hit the ball to shallow left field"
<-> deep
{adj: squat, underslung} having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
{adj: subcortical} of or relating to or being or involving nerve centers below the cerebral cortex
{adj: three-lane} having a lane for traffic in each direction and a center lane for passing
{adj: turned} moved around an axis or center
<-> unturned
{adj: upper} higher in place or position
"the upper bunk"
"in the upper center of the picture"
"the upper stories"
{adj: very} precisely as stated
"the very center of town"
{adj: white, white-hot} glowing white with heat
"white flames"
"a white-hot center of the fire"
{adv: amidships, amidship, midships} at or near or toward the center of a ship
"in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear"
{adv: athwart} at right angles to the center line of a ship
{adv: broad-mindedly} in a broad-minded manner
"the authorities broad-mindedly permitted the opening of a center for teenagers"
<-> narrow-mindedly
{adv: centrally} in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function
"The theater is centrally located"
<-> peripherally
{adv: distally} far from the center
"the bronchus is situated distally"
{adv: eccentrically} not symmetrically with respect to the center
{adv: geographically} with respect to geography
"they are geographically closer to the center of town"
{adv: inward, inwards} toward the center or interior
"move the needle further inwards!"
<-> outward
{n: Abecedarian} a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge
{n: Abuja, capital of Nigeria, Nigerian capital} capital of Nigeria in the center of the country
{n: Aden} an important port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of Aden; its strategic location have made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times
{n: Albany} a town in southwest Georgia; processing center for peanuts and pecans
{n: Allentown} a city in eastern Pennsylvania; an industrial and commercial center
{n: Amsterdam, Dutch capital, capital of The Netherlands} an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum
{n: Andalusia, Andalucia} a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization
{n: Antioch, Antakya, Antakiya} a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity
{n: Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers} a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460
{n: Apeldoorn} a city of east central Netherlands; a popular tourist center and site of the summer residence of the Dutch royal family
{n: Arctic, Arctic Zone, North Frigid Zone} the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
{n: Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC} a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry
{n: Asahikawa} a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area
{n: Atlanta, capital of Georgia} state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War
{n: Atlantic City} a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey; a resort and gambling center
{n: Baku, capital of Azerbaijan} a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production
{n: Baltimore} the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center
{n: Barcelona} a city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs
{n: Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem} port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin
{n: Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland} capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
{n: Bethlehem} a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production
{n: Birmingham, Brummagem} a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
{n: Blantyre} city in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi
{n: Bordeaux} a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade
{n: Boston, Hub of the Universe, Bean Town, Beantown, capital of Massachusetts} state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
{n: Boulder} a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town
{n: Bremerhaven} a port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea; has a deep natural harbor and is an important shipping center
{n: Brindisi} a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages
{n: Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's gyrus, Broca's convolution, convolution of Broca} the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people
{n: Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina} capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center
{n: Butte} a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper
{n: Calgary} the largest city in southern Alberta; an oil and gas center and a technology center for Alberta and most of western Canada
{n: Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy} a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight
{n: Cassegrainian telescope, Gregorian telescope} a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror
{n: Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC} an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care
{n: Cayman Islands} a British colony in the Caribbean northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center
{n: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC} a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
{n: Charleroi} city in southwestern Belgium; center of an industrial region
{n: Chateaubriand} a very thick center cut of beef tenderloin
{n: Chittagong} a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal
{n: Chongqing, Chungking} a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China
{n: Christchurch} industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region
{n: City of London, the City} the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London
{n: Cologne, Koln} a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
{n: Colorado Springs} a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy
{n: Columbus, capital of Ohio} the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University
{n: Columbus} a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center
{n: Coney Island} a section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic; known as an amusement center
{n: Copernicus, Nicolaus Copernicus, Mikolaj Kopernik} Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
{n: Cordoba, Cordova} a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture
{n: Counterterrorist Center, CTC} an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
{n: Dayton} a city in southwest Ohio; manufacturing center
{n: Defense Technical Information Center, DTIC} the agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors
{n: Detroit, Motor City, Motown} the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor
{n: Disciotis venosa, cup morel} an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide; the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center; can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms
{n: Dneprodzerzhinsk} port city and industrial center in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River
{n: Dnipropetrovsk, Yekaterinoslav} city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry
{n: Dobrich, Tolbukhin} a city in northeastern Bulgaria (north of Varna) that is the commercial center of an agricultural region
{n: Dodoma} a city in the center of Tanzania that has been designated as the future capital
{n: Dubrovnik, Ragusa} a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center
{n: Durango, Victoria de Durango} a city in north central Mexico; mining center
{n: Durban} a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center
{n: Egyptian Empire, Egypt} an ancient empire west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament
{n: Ephesus} an ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity
{n: Essen} a city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr
{n: Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, FLETC} a center in the Department of the Treasury that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies
{n: Ferrara} a city in northern Italy
"in the 13th century Ferrara was a center of Renaissance learning and the arts"
{n: Fez, Fes} a city in north central Morocco; religious center
{n: Firenze, Florence} a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
{n: Florence} a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center
{n: Fort Worth} a city in northeastern Texas (just west of Dallas); a major industrial center
{n: Frankfurt on the Main, Frankfurt, Frankfort} a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center
{n: Fresno} a city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley; center of an important agricultural area and gateway to the Sierra Nevada Mountains
{n: Gent, Gand, Ghent} port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry
{n: Glasgow} largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
{n: Gloucester} a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries
{n: Goldsboro} a town that is a major tobacco center in eastern North Carolina
{n: Great Falls} a town in central Montana on the Missouri river; a center of extensive hydroelectric power
{n: Grozny, Groznyy} the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields
{n: Haiphong} a port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center
{n: Hartford, capital of Connecticut} the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
{n: Helsinki, Helsingfors, capital of Finland, Finnish capital} the capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center
{n: Honduras, Republic of Honduras} a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture
{n: Hong Kong} formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers
{n: Huntsville} a city in northern Alabama; center for space research
{n: Indianapolis, capital of Indiana} the capital and largest city of Indiana; a major commercial center in the country's heartland; site of an annual 500-mile automobile race
{n: Italian Renaissance} the early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance
{n: Jacksonville} Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida
{n: Johannesburg} city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries
{n: Judah, Juda} an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center
{n: Kandahar, Qandahar} a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center
{n: Kandy} a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center
{n: Karachi} the largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan
{n: Katsina} a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people
{n: Kimberley} city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
{n: Kirkuk} a city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean
{n: Kisumu} a port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria; fishing and trading center
{n: Koplik's spots} small red spots with white centers found on the mucous membranes of the mouth and tongue; symptom of measles that appears one or two days before the measles rash appears
{n: Kyoto} a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan
{n: Kyyiv, Kiev, capital of the Ukraine} capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center
{n: Lagos} chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria
{n: Lake Mead} the largest reservoir in the United States; located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona and formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River; the center of a recreational area
{n: Lausanne} a city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center
{n: Leeds} a city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England; a center of the clothing industry
{n: Left Bank, Latin Quarter} the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life
{n: Leipzig} a city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center
{n: Lima, capital of Peru} capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
{n: Linz, Lentia} city in northern Austria on the Danube; noted as a cultural center
{n: Lisbon, Lisboa, capital of Portugal} capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic
{n: London, Greater London, British capital, capital of the United Kingdom} the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
{n: Lubavitch} a town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th century
{n: Lubumbashi, Elisabethville} a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville
{n: Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxemburg} a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center
{n: Luxor, El-Aksur} a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes
{n: Maiduguri, Yerwa-Maiduguri} a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center
{n: Male} the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands
{n: Mali, Republic of Mali, French Sudan} a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years
{n: Maltese cross} a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center
{n: Maracaibo} a port city in northwestern Venezuela; a major oil center
{n: Maracay} a city in north central Venezuela; cattle center
{n: Marrakesh, Marrakech} a city in western Morocco; tourist center
{n: Mazatlan} a port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean; tourist center
{n: Medellin} city in western Colombia; important coffee center
{n: Melbourne} the capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center
{n: Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexican capital, capital of Mexico} the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center; one of the world's largest cities
{n: Milan, Milano} the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages
{n: Milwaukee} largest city of Wisconsin; located in southeastern Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan; a flourishing agricultural center known for its breweries
{n: Moluccas, Spice Islands} a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands
{n: Montessori, Maria Montesorri} Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952)
{n: Mycenae} an ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late Bronze Age
{n: Nagasaki} a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
{n: Nairobi, capital of Kenya} the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris
{n: Nakuru} a city in western Kenya; commercial center of an agricultural region
{n: Nalchik} a city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains; an industrial center and health resort
{n: Nantucket} an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry
{n: Naples, Napoli} a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region
{n: National Climatic Data Center, NCDC} the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data
{n: Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, NAWCWPNS} the principal agency of the United States Navy for research and development for air warfare and missile weapon systems
{n: Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC} the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare
{n: Naval Underwater Warfare Center, NUWC} the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systems
{n: New London} a town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th century
{n: New Netherland} a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664
{n: New Orleans} a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year
{n: New York, New York City, Greater New York} the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
{n: Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne} a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary)
{n: Newport} a resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center
{n: Nome} a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century
{n: Nonproliferation Center, NPC} an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems
{n: Novaya Zemlya, Nova Zembla} two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear warheads
{n: Novgorod} a city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia's oldest city and an important trading center in the Middle Ages
{n: Nullarbor Plain} a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center
{n: Oakland} a city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center
{n: Olmec} a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC
{n: Omaha} largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest
{n: Orleanais} a former province of north central France; centered around Orleans
{n: Osaka} port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan
{n: Pamir Mountains, the Pamirs} a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China
{n: Paris University, University of Paris, Sorbonne} a university in Paris; intellectual center of France
{n: Paris, City of Light, French capital, capital of France} the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
{n: Patras, Patrai} a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages
{n: Peloponnesian War} a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC
{n: Plovdiv, Philippopolis} an ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region
{n: Prague, Praha, Prag, Czech capital} the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century
{n: Ptolemaic system} (astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center
{n: Pyongyang, capital of North Korea} capital of North Korea and an industrial center
"Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city but little of its history has been preserved"
{n: Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus, Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei, NIPR} a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002
{n: Rochester} a city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry
{n: Rogers, Carl Rogers} United States psychologist who developed client-centered therapy (1902-1987)
{n: Roman arch, semicircular arch} a round arch drawn from a single center
{n: Russell, Bill Russell, William Felton Russell} United States basketball center (born in 1934)
{n: Saint Vincent, St. Vincent} an island in the center of the Windward Islands; the largest of the islands comprising Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
{n: Saipan} the largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States
{n: Salzburg} city in western Austria; a music center and birthplace of Mozart
{n: San Francisco} a port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers; it has one of the world's finest harbors; site of the Golden Gate Bridge
{n: San Jose} a city in western California located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay south of San Francisco; a center for computer and electronics industries
{n: Santa Cruz} a town in western California on Monterey Bay; a tourist center
{n: Santiago de Cuba, Santiago} port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center
{n: Sardis} an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; as the capital of Lydia it was the cultural center of Asia Minor; destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402
{n: Seattle} a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Ranier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington
{n: Selma} a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters
{n: Sevilla, Seville} a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain
{n: Springfield} a city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River
{n: Stavanger} a port city in southwestern Norway; center for shipbuilding industry
{n: Sudbury} a city in south central Canada in Ontario; a major nickel mining center
{n: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic} an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
{n: Tarabulus, Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous} a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea
{n: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yalo, Tel Aviv-Jaffa} the largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean
{n: Temple of Jerusalem, Temple of Solomon} any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall
{n: Thorshavn} the administrative center of the Faroe Islands
{n: Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching} a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
{n: Tirana, Albanian capital} the capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country
{n: Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo, Yedo, Edo, Japanese capital, capital of Japan} the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan
{n: Toulouse} a city on the Garonne River in southern France southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
{n: Tricholoma sejunctum} an agaric with a cap that is coated with dark fibrils in the center and has yellowish margins
{n: Triple Frontier} the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups
{n: Tudor arch, four-centered arch} a low elliptical or pointed arch; usually drawn from four centers
{n: Turkistan, Turkestan} a historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West
{n: Ukraine, Ukrayina} a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century
{n: Wagga Wagga} a town on the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales; agricultural trading center
{n: Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center} the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
{n: West Indian jasmine, pagoda tree, Plumeria alba} tall sparingly branched conical tree having large fragrant yellow flowers with white centers
{n: West Palm Beach} a town in southeast Florida on the mainland opposite Palm Beach; founded as a commercial center for Palm Beach
{n: Winchester} a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
{n: Windhoek} capital of Namibia in the center of the country
{n: World Trade Center, WTC, twin towers} twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001
{n: Wuhan} a city of central China on the Chang Jiang; the commercial and industrial center of central China
{n: Zaria} a city in north central Nigeria; agricultural trading center
{n: Zurich} the largest city in Switzerland; located in the northern part of the country
"Zurich is the center of the German-speaking part of Switzerland"
{n: affiliation} the act of becoming formally connected or joined
"welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university"
{n: amphictyony} an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center
{n: angular momentum} the product of the momentum of a rotating body and its distance from the axis of rotation
"any rotating body has an angular momentum about its center of mass"
"angular momentum makes the world go round"
{n: annular scotoma} a circular scotoma surrounding the center of the field of vision
{n: anticyclone} (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
<-> cyclone
{n: artichoke heart} the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower
{n: attention} a general interest that leads people to want to know more
"She was the center of attention"
{n: auditory center} the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
{n: auriculare, auricular point} the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus
{n: axile placentation} ovules are borne at or around the center of a compound ovary on an axis formed from joined septa
{n: axis, axis of rotation} the center around which something rotates
{n: barycenter} (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve
{n: black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia serotina} the state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays
{n: black-eyed Susan, black-eyed Susan vine, Thunbergia alata} tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center
{n: blanket flower, Indian blanket, fire wheel, fire-wheel, Gaillardia pulchella} annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center
{n: blue pea, butterfly pea, Clitoria turnatea} vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers
{n: blue peter} a blue flag with a white square in the center indicates that the vessel is ready to sail
{n: bonbon} a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate
{n: bouncing putty} a soft elastic silicone polymer that increases in elasticity with the application of force; used in the center of golf balls and as shock-absorbent padding
{n: bowels} the center of the Earth
{n: brain, encephalon} that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
{n: bull's eye, bull} the center of a target
{n: bull's eye} in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target
"in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied"
{n: burn center} a center where patients with severe burns can be treated
{n: business district, downtown} the commercial center of a town or city
{n: call center, call centre} a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers)
{n: calliopsis, Coreopsis tinctoria} North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis
{n: capital} a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
"the crime capital of Italy"
"the drug capital of Columbia"
{n: center bit, centre bit} a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters
{n: center field, centerfield, center} the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
"he hit the ball to deep center"
{n: center field, centerfield} the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield
{n: center fielder, centerfielder} the person who plays center field
{n: center of buoyancy, centre of buoyancy, center of immersion, centre of immersion} (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
{n: center of curvature, centre of curvature} the center of the circle of curvature
{n: center of flotation, centre of flotation} the center of gravity of a floating object
{n: center of gravity, centre of gravity} the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass
{n: center of mass, centre of mass} point representing the mean position of the matter in a body
{n: center punch} a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling)
{n: center spread, centre spread} the spread at the center of a magazine
{n: center stage, centre stage} a position of prominence or importance
{n: center stage, centre stage} the central area on a theater stage
{n: center, center of attention} the object upon which interest and attention focuses
"his stories made him the center of the party"
{n: center, centre, middle, heart, eye} 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"
{n: center, centre, midpoint} a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
{n: center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre} a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
{n: center, centre} a building dedicated to a particular activity
"they were raising money to build a new center for research"
{n: center, centre} a place where some particular activity is concentrated
"they received messages from several centers"
{n: center, centre} the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
{n: center, snapper} (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
"the center fumbled the handoff"
{n: centerfold, centrefold} a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature
{n: centering, snap} (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
"the quarterback fumbled the snap"
{n: centerline, center line} a line that bisects a plane figure
{n: centerpiece, centrepiece} something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)
{n: center} (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
{n: center} (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
{n: center} a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
{n: center} politically moderate persons; centrists
{n: center} the middle of a military or naval formation
"they had to reinforce the center"
{n: center} 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"
{n: center} the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
{n: centralization, centralisation} gathering to a center
{n: centripetal acceleration} the acceleration toward the center that holds a satellite in elliptical orbit
{n: centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist} a person who takes a position in the political center
{n: centroid} the center of mass of an object of uniform density
{n: chihuahua} a city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico
{n: chuck} a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
{n: city center, city centre, central city} the central part of a city
{n: city, metropolis, urban center} a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
"Ancient Troy was a great city"
{n: civic center, municipal center, down town} the center of a city
{n: client-centered therapy} a method of psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client determines the focus and pace of each session
{n: clostridium, clostridia} spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
{n: closure, closedown, closing, shutdown} termination of operations
"they regretted the closure of the day care center"
{n: cog railway, rack railway} railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction
{n: community center, civic center} a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities
{n: concentricity} the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another)
<-> eccentricity
{n: conduction aphasia, associative aphasia} aphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting the various language centers in the brain; patient's have difficulty repeating a sentence just heard
{n: coneflower} any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center
{n: conference center, conference house} a center where conferences can be conducted
{n: control center} the operational center for a group of related activities
"the general in command never left the control center"
{n: core} the center of an object
"the ball has a titanium core"
{n: crosshairs} a center of interest
"the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs"
{n: crown, crest} the center of a cambered road
{n: cyclone} (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
<-> anticyclone
{n: day nursery, day care center} a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work
{n: dead center, dead centre} the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque
{n: decentralization, decentalisation} the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts
{n: decentralization, decentralisation} the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments
<-> centralization
{n: diameter, diam} the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
{n: diameter} a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface)
{n: dipole, dipole antenna} an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center
{n: drop arch} a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span
{n: eccentricity} a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
<-> concentricity
{n: egocentric, egoist} a self-centered person with little regard for others
{n: egotist, egoist, swellhead} a conceited and self-centered person
{n: entertainment center} a wall unit containing sound and television systems
{n: entrepot, transshipment center} a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties
"Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC"
{n: excellence, excellency} an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
"a center of manufacturing excellence"
"the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"
{n: financial center} the part of a city where financial institutions are centered
{n: fireball} the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
{n: focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering} the concentration of attention or energy on something
"the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"
"he had no direction in his life"
{n: freight liner, liner train} a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods
{n: funnel web} a funnel-shaped spider web; the funnel-web spider perches in the center of the web
{n: geniculate body} one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex
{n: grass roots} the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)
{n: grazing fire} fire approximately parallel to the ground; the center of the cone of fire does rise above 1 meter from the ground
{n: great circle} a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
{n: ground zero} the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed
{n: headquarters, central office, main office, home office, home base} (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
"many companies have their headquarters in New York"
{n: hope} someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
"he was their best hope for a victory"
{n: horizon, celestial horizon} the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
{n: hub} a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve
"the playground is the hub of parental supervision"
"the airport is the economic hub of the area"
{n: industrial park} a tract at a distance from city center that is designed for a community of businesses and factories
{n: inferior colliculus} an essential auditory center in the midbrain
{n: interrupted fern, Osmunda clatonia} North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile fronds
{n: kaiser roll} rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center
{n: kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty} 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"
{n: kickoff} (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
{n: language area, language zone} a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language
{n: level, spirit level} indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
{n: maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides} low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with a single pale pink flower with a crimson center
{n: man-on-a-horse, Tricholoma flavovirens} an edible agaric with yellow gills and a viscid yellow cap that has a brownish center
{n: meat thermometer} a thermometer that is inserted into the center of a roast (with the top away from the heat source); used to measure how well done the meat is
{n: medial geniculate body, corpus geniculatum mediale} a neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centers along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex
{n: medical center} the part of a city where medical facilities are centered
{n: medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb} lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
"the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning"
{n: metacenter, metacentre} (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship
{n: midrib, midvein} the vein in the center of a leaf
{n: mukataa} an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center
"Arafat was holed up in the mukataa of his West Bank compound"
{n: multiversity} a university system having several separate campuses and colleges and research centers
{n: navel, navel point} the center point or middle of something
{n: nerve center, nerve centre} a center that provides information and control
"the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam"
{n: nombril} the center point on a shield
{n: nucleus} (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
{n: nucleus} the positively charged dense center of an atom
{n: outport} a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
{n: outskirt, fringe} a part of the city far removed from the center
"they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"
{n: oxeye} Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers
{n: peg top} a pear-shaped top made of wood with a metal center pin
{n: perpendicular, perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture} a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
{n: pheasant's-eye, Adonis annua} Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers
{n: placement office, placement center} an office that finds suitable employment for applicants
{n: plantar wart} a wart occurring on the sole of the foot
"pressure causes plantar warts to develop a painful callus around the soft center"
{n: plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre} mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
"a good plaza should have a movie house"
"they spent their weekends at the local malls"
{n: plumb line, perpendicular} a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point
{n: pommel horse, side horse} a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center; held upright by two steel supports, one at each end
{n: poncho} a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
{n: potentiometer, pot} a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
{n: principal axis, optic axis} a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted
{n: radian, rad} the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)
{n: radius vector} a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating
{n: radius, r} the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
{n: radius} a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)
{n: reamer, juicer, juice reamer} a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit
{n: research center, research facility} a center where research is done
{n: research director, director of research} a supervisor in a research center
{n: respiratory center} the center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles
{n: rhinencephalon, olfactory brain} a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior
{n: rocker arm, valve rocker} a lever pivoted at the center; used especially to push a valve down in an internal-combustion engine
{n: rosette} a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground)
{n: seat} a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
{n: semimajor axis} one-half the major axis of an ellipse; the distance from the center of an ellipse to one end
{n: senega, Polygala alba} perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot
{n: service club} a recreational center for servicemen
{n: settlement house} a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services
{n: side} a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
"they always sat on the right side of the church"
"he never left my side"
{n: spade bit} a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either side
{n: sphere} a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center
{n: spiral galaxy, spiral nebula} a galaxy having a spiral structure; arms containing younger stars spiral out from old stars at the center
{n: spiral, volute} ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
{n: spiral} a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
{n: storm center, storm centre} a center of trouble or disturbance
{n: storm center, storm centre} the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm
{n: student center} a center for student activities at a college or university
{n: superior colliculus} an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex
{n: sweep hand, sweep-second} a second hand that is mounted on the same center as the hour and minute hand and is read on the minutes
{n: target cell} an abnormal red blood cell with the appearance of a dark ring surrounding a dark center; associated with anemia
{n: tetraskelion, tetraskele} a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center
{n: three-centered arch, basket-handle arch} a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers
{n: trade} the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
"Venice was an important center of trade with the East"
"they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"
{n: trepan} a drill for cutting circular holes around a center
{n: trip} a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
"he took a trip to the shopping center"
{n: triskelion, triskele} a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center
{n: umbel} flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
{n: wheelbase} the distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle
{n: white dogtooth violet, white dog's-tooth violet, blonde lilian, Erythronium albidum} North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors
{n: wide-angle lens, fisheye lens} a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery
{n: winged everlasting, Ammobium alatum} Australian plant widely cultivated for its beautiful silvery-white blooms with bright yellow centers on long winged stems
{v: center on} have as a center
"The region centers on Charleston"
{v: center punch} make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill
{v: center, centre} move into the center
"That vase in the picture is not centered"
{v: collect, pick up, gather up, call for} gather or collect
"You can get the results on Monday"
"She picked up the children at the day care center"
"They pick up our trash twice a week"
{v: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet} direct one's attention on something
"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
{v: concentrate} draw together or meet in one common center
"These groups concentrate in the inner cities"
{v: core} remove the core or center from
"core an apple"
{v: draw in, retract} pull inward or towards a center
"The pilot drew in the landing gear"
"The cat retracted his claws"
{v: focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center} center upon
"Her entire attention centered on her children"
"Our day revolved around our work"
{v: gentrify} renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
"gentrify a row of old houses"
"gentrify the old center of town"
{v: intern} work as an intern
"The toung doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"
{v: mirror} reflect or resemble
"The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center"
{v: offer} make available or accessible, provide or furnish
"The conference center offers a health spa"
"The hotel offers private meeting rooms"
{v: radiate, ray} extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
"spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"
"This plants radiates spines in all directions"
{v: restrain, confine, hold} to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
"This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"
"About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"
"The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"
"The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
{v: revolve, go around, rotate} turn on or around an axis or a center
"The Earth revolves around the Sun"
"The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
{v: rotate, circumvolve} cause to turn on an axis or center
"Rotate the handle"
{v: tread} brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
{v: tumble, topple} fall down, as if collapsing
"The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
{v: turn, turn over} cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
"turn a page of a book"
{v: turn} move around an axis or a center
"The wheels are turning"
Thys-Jacobs and colleagues at 11 other medical centers studied 466 women with debilitating PMS in a trial of calcium's ability to relieve their monthly discomfort.
泰思-雅可布斯与其他医疗中心的 11位同行对 466名受累于经前综合症的妇女进行研究，以试验钙对缓解其每月不适的作用。
" The folks who are getting left out, " says Margaret Honey, associate director of the Center for Children and Technology/Education Development Center, " are going to be poor urban districts or rural districts with limited resources or blue-collar districts with very tight budgets. "
儿童中心及技术教育发展中心的副主任玛格丽特·霍尼说： "那些被忽视的人将会成为城市贫民区、农村的自然资源贫瘠区以及资金紧缺的蓝领区的居民。 "
But as the sun turns, its equatorial gases rotate faster than those at higher latitudes, twisting the magnetic lines " like a rubber band ", explains David Hathaway, a solar physicist at NASA's Marshall Space flight Center.
但是，太阳是旋转的，其赤道地区的大气要比高纬度地区大气的旋转速度更快， NASA 马歇尔空间飞行中心的太阳物理学家大卫·哈撒韦解释道，这就将磁力线 "像橡皮筋一样 "扭得弯弯曲曲。
During the last maximum, says Ernie Hildner, director of NOAA's Space Environment Center, " the Concorde's alarm went yellow five times. It never went red. "
在上次太阳活动高峰期， NOAA 太空环境中心主任厄尼·希尔德纳说： "协和飞机的黄色警示灯亮了五次，但红色警示灯却始终未亮过。 "
I was too self-centered and frightened myself to hear her cries, or my father's.
我则过于以自我为中心，而且被她的病吓倒了，不敢去听她的哭声，也不敢去听父亲的哭声。
The Military E-Book, being developed by DAIWA, US Army Soldier Systems Center, Kent Displays Inc. and Honeywell, will initially be tested in mid-2000 as part of the US Army's digital MP programme.
由国防高级研究计划局、陆军士兵系统中心、肯特显示器公司以及亨尼威尔公司共同研制中的军事电子书定于 2000年年中作为美国陆军数字宪兵计划的一部分进行初次试验。
His spinal cord tumor had been removed through a new technique pioneered by Fred J. Epstein, a pediatric neurosurgeon at the New York University Medical Center in Manhattan.
他的脊髓肿瘤由弗雷德. J. 爱泼斯坦用自己发明的新技术成功地切除了，爱泼斯坦是曼哈顿纽约大学医疗中心的儿童神经外科大夫。
The next morning, as Jane was standing next to Julian's bed in the New York University Medical Center, Dr. Epstein entered the boy's room.
第二天早上，正当简站在纽约大学医疗中心朱利安的病床边时，爱泼斯坦医生走进他的病房。
At 7 a. m. on January 20, orderlies wheeled Julian toward the center's sixth-floor operating suite.
1月 20日早上 7点，护理员把朱利安推到医疗中心六楼手术室。
So one crisp, sunny January morning, joined by Julian's father, Epstein bundled the boy into a wheelchair and rolled him down the middle of Manhattan's busy First Avenue, which runs in front of the New York University Medical Center. 1月的一个阳光明媚的早晨，爱泼斯坦和朱利安的父亲一起把他包好放进轮椅，向着曼哈顿繁华的第一大街中心地带推去。这条大街恰好经过纽约大学医疗中心的前面。
A year ago, shortly before Christmas, 30 young patients formed a noisy circle around a piano in the lounge of the New York University Medical Center pavilion.
一年前，圣诞节来临在即。纽约大学医疗中心隔离式病房的娱乐室里， 30名年轻患者围着一架钢琴，人声鼎沸。
A lively young man with dark hair and a ready smile made his way to the center of the room.
一个朝气蓬勃的黑发青年，面带微笑，径直走到屋子中间。
According to 1991 data from the Seimei Hoken Bunka Center of Japan, 50% of Japanese youth aged 16 to 19 can be labeled " self-centered ", compared with 33% among those aged 25 to 29 To earn the self-centered label, the young people responded positively to such ideas as " I would like to make decisions without considering traditional values " and " I don't want to do anything I can't enjoy doing ".
根据日本生命保险文化中心 1991年的数据， 50％的 16到 19岁的日本青年可被列为 "以自我为中心 "，则比之下在 25到 29岁的青年中这一数字仅为 33％。对诸如 "我作决定时无意考虑传统价值观 "和 "我不想做我无法喜欢做的任何事情 "这样的想法持肯定态度为青年人赢得了以自我为中心的标签。
I was sent to a detoxification center.
我被送到了戒毒中心。
" In the detoxification center, I met an old friend who knew my childhood sweet heart, and told me he was not yet married.
"在戒毒中心，我遇到一位老朋友，他认识我童年的情人，并告诉我他还没有结婚。
I told her to stay in our assessment center for ten days, pending investigation.
我告诉她先在我们评估中心呆十天，以便我们审查。
He discovered a pattern in the oven's hottest rays:
结果他发现了烤炉内最热的射线组成的形状－
they weren't in the corners or at the center, but in the shape of a mushroom cloud.
最热的射线不在各个角落，也不在中央，而是形成了一个蘑菇云状的空间。
Imagine a state-of-the-art day care center located right in your office complex, staffed by trained, certified workers.
不妨想象一下：在办公楼内部有一座最先进的日托中心，其中配备了许多受过专门训练、合资格的儿童护理人员。
In the past, big companies often chose Stockholm as the regional center of Scandinavia because it was the largest Nordic metropolis.
过去，因为斯德哥尔摩是斯堪的纳维亚地区最大的城市，大公司经常选择那里作为斯堪的钠维亚半岛的地区中心。
Now, because of the bridge, the Copenhagen region is being considered as the new center.
现在，由于大桥的建立，哥本哈根地区成了一个新的中心。
Then, two years ago, this neurobiologist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, showed in a groundbreaking experiment that neurons are constantly being born, particularly in the learning and memory centers.
然而，两年前，这位在加利福尼亚州拉霍亚市索尔克生物研究所工作的神经生物学家，在一次具有开拓意义的试验中揭示，神经元可以不断产生，尤其在大脑的学习和记忆区。
Some have observed that during stress, neurogenesis in the learning center of the brain in several animal species slows considerably - which may help explain depressive episodes that accompany stress.
一些科学家观察到，在紧张状态下，一些动物的大脑学习区内的神经形成速度明显放慢。这可以帮助我们解释抑郁为什么总是伴随紧张而来。
Singapore is home to 14 state-supported research centers.
新加坡有 14家由政府资助的研究中心。
Juzar Motiwalla, director of the oldest and most prestigious center krdl sees Singapore as a future global power in information technology.
历史最悠久且最富盛名的 krdl 研究中心的主任贾扎·莫蒂华莱认为新加坡将成为未来全球信息技术的强国。
Only recently Canadian researchers, probing those pickled remains, found that he had an unusually large inferior parietal lobe a center of mathematical thought and spatial imagery and shorter connections between the frontal and temporal lobes.
最近，几位加拿大学者经过对泡在盐水中的爱因斯坦大脑研究发现，这位科学家有一个大得出奇的下顶叶（这是他的数学思维和宇宙想象的中心），而且其前叶颞叶之间的距比普通人要短。
You could drop them off at the MGM Grand Youth Center.
你可以把他们放在米高梅饭店的少年中心。
The center is professionally staffed, and your kids can enjoy themselves in a safe, fun environment for $7 an hour per child.
该中心配有许多专业人员，孩子们可以在安全愉快的环境中自己玩乐。格是每个小孩每小时收费七美元。
As fast as Inktomi is moving, there's one change the company's going to have to get used to: as wireless Internet grows, the U.S. will slip ever further from the center of the action.
Inktomi 发展速度很快，但必须尽快应这变化：随随无线互联网的发展，美国这种技术发展核心的距将越来越远。
Four years and $210 million later, the new Hayden( and the Rose Center for Earth and Space that surrounds it) finally made its debut nd it's already clear that this is not your grandfather's planetarium.
四年之后，总投资 2.1亿美元的新海登天文馆（包括环绕四周的罗兹地球太空中心）终于对外开放了。新馆显然不是祖父辈记忆中的那个天文馆。
But such fears, says Tyson, end to fade fast the first time you visit the Rose Center.
不过，泰森说，这担心在你首次参观罗兹中心之后将立即消失。
Just 40 minutes from the city center, Shangri-La's award-winning Rasa Ria Resort boasts a golf club and an on-site nature reserve.
从市中心乘车 40分钟，就可以到达香格里拉饭店修建的拉沙里度假胜地。该度假胜地因设计新颖获过奖。那里有一个高尔夫俱乐部，还有一个自然保护区。
In the old days, says Masayuki Iwata, head of planning at cell-phone matchmaking firm Kekkon Joho Center, " a friendly little old lady would get a fee for introducing people. "
一家手机红娘服务公司的规划部经理岩太正介说，在过去，那些亲切而矮小的老媒婆撮合一段婚姻要收礼金。
The high-tech wonders pictured on the following pages are already taking shape in Japan's R and D labs and design centers.
下面展示的高科技产品已经在日本的研发实验室与设计中心逐步成形。
Hall of Famer center Bill Walton, declared that in that season O'Neal had performed t his highest level by far, at a level few players in the NBA have achieved.
研究名人的权威比尔·沃尔顿认为，奥尼尔在这一赛季的表现达到了他本人至今为止最好的水平，达到了 NBA 历史上只有少数人才能达到的水平。
Make no mistake: the man has skills: cross-court passes out of double-teams, spin moves around opposing centers that leave them rooted like 1,000-year-old sequoias.
请记住，这家伙的技术也相当不错：在对方两人防守的情况下传出后场球；转身摆脱对方中锋，让他们像百年美洲杉那样在原地生根发芽。
" It's like a game of chess played in Formula One cars by two rugby teams, " says Bruno Trouble, director of the Louis Vuitton media center.
路易威登媒体中心主任布鲁诺·特鲁布尔说：这就像两支榄球队在一级方程式赛车中下一场象棋。
Whatever air travel brings in the next 20 years, fitness centers and piano bars are probably not part of the plan.
不管 20年内空中旅行会变成什么样子，但是，健身中心和钢琴吧可能还未列入方案中。
But the European firm figures that major population centers will still dominate traffic.
但是，这家欧洲公司认为，人口密集的中心城市仍然会主宰航空交通量。
Proof: Chengdu, the bustling industrial center of China's Sichuan province, where the citizens have mastered the art of outdoor relaxation.
有一证据：在中国四川省喧嚣热闹的工业中心成都，市民们已经掌握了一种室外松弛休息的艺术。
This new way of thinking is also visible in the Coffeyville warehouse, one of a network of distribution centers specifically designed to handle e-commerce.
这种新思维在科菲维尔的仓库中也有所体现。现在有许多专为电子商务服务的配送中心，该仓库便是其中之一。
We 've arrived at Amazon's giant Coffeyville Distribution Center, and Bezos( pronounced Bay-zos), who's never been here before, is giggling with excitement.
我们来到了亚马孙公司设在科菲维尔的大型配送中心。贝索斯此前从未到过这里。为此，他激动得哈哈大笑。
You order three items online, and a computer in Seattle takes charge A computer assigns your order - a book, a game and a digital camera - to one of Amazon's seven U.S. huge regional distribution centers.
你在亚马孙网站订购了三件商品，西雅图的一台计算机负责这一工作计算机把你订购的商品──一本书、一个游戏软件和一台数字相机──发送到亚马孙设在美国的七大地区配送中心之一。
In a regional center, three red lights go on Your order goes to the closest distribution warehouse to you that stocks your products.
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