Central

(noun.) a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication.

(adj.) in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; 'a central position' .

整理:桑娅

• The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• If the central depths were untouched, hardly a pin-point of surface remained the same. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• This being evidently the central point of the entertainment, Aunt Chloe began now to bustle about earnestly in the supper department. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Over most of the area of Western Central Asia and Persia and Mesopotamia, the ancient distinction of nomad and settled population remains to this day. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Central incisors 5 to 8 months Lateral incisors 7 to 10 months First molars 12 to 16 months Canines 15 to 20 months Second molars 20 to 36 months _Permanent Teeth. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• It was hard, when Karkov spoke, to remember with what importance he, Andr?Marty, came from the Central Committee of the French Communist Party. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• These hammers are inked from a pad, and at a central point deliver a printing blow on the paper below. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It is usual to fix the opaque shade, which alternately covers and exposes the two magic lanterns, on to a central pin, so that it may be moved vertically up or down. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Nevertheless, these central regions of the world remain central, and their welfare and participation is necessary to the permanent peace of mankind. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The walls are 15 feet thick at the base, and 18 inches at the top, and its summit is reached by an internal winding staircase and a central elevator. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But the two central figures claimed all my attention. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In this case the balance is preserved and the central wire remains neutral, as no return current flows through it to the source of energy. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was very difficult to get the land he wanted for his central station, but he finally bought two old buildings on Pearl Street for $150,000. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• But I am sure that it will interest Mr. Horace Harker and the subscribers of the Central Press Syndicate. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• But this only means that they are, as compared with some other attitudes, central:--that they carry other attitudes with them. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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