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小词详解 | axis
Every first-year economics student quickly becomes familiar with charts of supply and demand, which place price on one axis and quantity on the other.
每个经济学专业的新生很快都会熟悉供求关系图,图上两条轴线分别用来标示价格和数量。
——《经济学人》It was 1942, the world was at war, and the eponymous city was occupied by the Axis powers.
那是1942年,世界还处于战争中,这座与影片齐名的城市当时为轴心国所占领。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 轴(旋转物体假想的中心线)
the vertical axis
纵坐标轴the horizontal axis
横坐标轴
median: a straight line passing from a point of a triangle to the centre of the opposite side shaft: a shaft is a rod that turns round continually in order to transfer movement in the machine axle: a long straight piece of metal that connects a pair of wheels on a vehicle