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centering

/sen-ter-ing/US // ˈsɛn tər ɪŋ //UK // (ˈsɛntərɪŋ) //

定心,中心化,居中,定中心

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a temporary framework for supporting a masonry arch during construction until it is able to stand by itself.

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Examples

  • The second half is a documentary centering on Roxbury Farms in upstate New York, where a team of farmers raise food and live off the land.

  • In fact, the scene was a rather optimistic one, centering on pride that Lonegan had outperformed initial expectations.

  • It was my lodestone, my centering point, my story as a journalist covering Germany and the East Bloc.

  • Principally to ensure military dominance, the conquerors made many main roads, mostly centering in London.

  • So far as he could learn, the animal seemed to be centering its attention on the caravan that had halted.

  • With action his shyness vanished and centering his attention on the square case in his hand a cry of pleasure escaped him.

  • Sponging is another important branch of industry centering here—the entire coast being composed of reefs and keys.

  • It is the business of the railways centering in Chicago to send the products from Chicago in every direction.