end
英 [end]
美[?nd]
- n. 结束；目标；尽头；末端；死亡
- vi. 结束，终止；终结
- vt. 结束，终止；终结
- n. (End)人名；(英、德)恩德
英英释意
- 1. either extremity of something that has length;
- "the end of the pier"
- "she knotted the end of the thread"
- "they rode to the end of the line"
- 2. the point in time at which something ends;
- "the end of the year"
- "the ending of warranty period"
- 3. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence;
- "the end was exciting"
- "I had to miss the last of the movie"
- 4. the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it;
- "the ends justify the means"
- 5. a final part or section;
- "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"
- "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"
- 6. a final state;
- "he came to a bad end"
- "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
- 7. the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object;
- "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
- 8. (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage;
- "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
- 9. one of two places from which people are communicating to each other;
- "the phone rang at the other end"
- "both ends wrote at the same time"
- 10. a boundary marking the extremities of something;
- "the end of town"
- 11. the part you are expected to play;
- "he held up his end"
- 12. the last section of a communication;
- "in conclusion I want to say..."
- 13. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- 14. a position on the line of scrimmage;
- "no one wanted to play end"