center

詳細解釋：

cen.ter

n.Abbr. ctr.（名詞）縮寫 ctr.
A point or place that is equally distant from the sides or outer boundaries of something; the middle:
中心：與各邊或某物的外部邊界等距的一點或一個地方；中間：
例句：
the center of town; the center of a stage.
市中心；舞台中心

A point equidistant from the vertexes of a regular polygon.
中心點，中樞：與一正多邊形各角頂點等距的一點
A point equidistant from all points on the circumference of a circle or on the surface of a sphere.
圓心，球心：與一圓周上或一球面上所有點等距的一點
A point around which something rotates or revolves:
循環中心：物體圍繞旋轉的一點：
例句：
The sun is the center of our solar system.
太陽是太陽系的中心

A part of an object that is surrounded by the rest; a core:
核心：物體的一部分，其被物體的其餘部分包圍；核心：
例句：
chocolates with soft centers.
具有鬆軟夾心的朱古力

A place where a particular activity or service is concentrated:
中心：某項特別的活動或服務集中的地方：
例句：
a medical center.
醫療中心

A point of origin, as of influence, ideas, or actions:
發源地：影響，觀念或行動發源的某一點：
例句：
a center of power; a center of unrest.
權力中心；紛擾的中心

An area of dense population:
人口密集地區：
例句：
a metropolitan center.
大都市中心

A person or thing that is the chief object of attention, interest, activity, or emotion.
領導中樞：作為注意力、興趣、活動或情感的中心目標的人或事物
A person, object, or group occupying a middle position.
中間人物、物體或集體：占據中間位置、立場的人、物或團體
Often Center A political group or a set of policies representing a moderate view between those of the right and the left.
常作 Center 中間派：代表居於左翼與右翼之間的溫和觀點的政治集團或一系列政策
Physiology A group of neurons in the central nervous system that control a particular function:
【生理學】 神經中樞：中央神經系統內控制一項特殊功能的一組神經細胞：
例句：
the vasomotor center.
血管舒縮神經中樞

Sports A player who holds a middle position on the field, court, or forward line in some team sports, such as football and basketball.
【體育運動】 中鋒：在一些團體運動項目中，如足球和籃球，占據場地或前鋒線上中間位置的運動員
Baseball Center field.
【棒球】 內野

A small conical hole made in a piece of work with a center punch so that a drill can be accurately positioned within it.
中心孔，轉柄孔：在帶中心沖頭的工件上為使鑽頭準確放置而做的小錐形孔
A bar with a conical point used to support work, as during turning on a lathe.
中心桿：帶錐形頂尖的用來支撐加工件的條桿，如開動镟床時所用
v.（動詞）
cen.tered,cen.ter.ing,cen.ters
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To place in or at the center:
放在中心：放置在中心內或中心上：
例句：
centered the vase on the table.
放花瓶於桌子正中

To direct toward a center or central point; concentrate or focus:
導向中心，集中：導向，引向一中心或一中心點；集中或聚焦：
例句：
tried to center the discussion on the main issues.
盡力使討論集中於主要問題上

Football To pass (the ball) back between the legs to begin a down.
【橄欖球】 傳中：將球從兩腿中間傳回以開始一個下位
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To be concentrated; cluster:
集中；聚集：
例句：
The epidemic centered in the urban areas.
傳染病集中於市區

To have a central theme or concern; be focused:
關注，聚焦：具有中心主題或關注；聚焦：
例句：
Her novels center on the problems of adolescence.
她的小說以青少年問題為中心

來源：
Middle English centre
中古英文 centre
from Old French
源自 古法文
from Latin centrum
源自 拉丁語 centrum
from Greek kentron [center of a circle]
源自 希臘語 kentron [圓的中心]
from kentein [to prick] * see kent-
源自 kentein [刺] *參見 kent-

<參考辭彙><同義詞>center,focus,headquarters,heart,hub,seatThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .a region, person, or thing around which something, such as an activity, is concentrated.:
這些名詞都有的一個中心意義為.一個地區，人或事物某事物，如一項活動， 圍繞它而聚集.：
例句：
a great cultural center;
巨大的文化中心；

例句：
the focus of research efforts;
研究工作的焦點；

例句：
the headquarters of a multinational corporation;
跨國公司的總部；

例句：
a town that is the heart of the colony;
作為殖民地的中心的城鎮；

例句：
the hub of a steel empire;
鋼鐵帝國的中心；

例句：
the seat of government.
政府的中心所在地

According to traditional canons of usage,the verbcenter may be freely used with the prepositions on, upon, in, or at; but its use witharound is excoriated as .ungrammatical,. .illogical,. .geometrically senseless,. and .physically impossible.. But the fact that writers persist in using this phrase in sentencessuch asThe discussion centered around the need for curriculum revision (where traditionalists would require revolved around ) suggests a widespread perception that center around, for all its apparent illogicality,may sometimes represent the true nature of experience.Center may denote a variety of relations involving having, finding, or turning about a center, and the choice of a preposition depends on what is intended.There is reputable precedent for usagessuch asOur hope centered in the young sovereign;
根據傳統用法，動詞center 可以和介詞 on，upon，in 或 at 自由連用； 但它和around 連用卻被嚴厲指責為.不合語法.，.不合邏輯.，.幾何上無意義.，.物理上不可能.。 然而事實上作家們堅持在句子裡使用這個短語，比如討論圍繞修訂工作的需求展開 （這裡傳統人士將用 rovolve around ）表明 center around 揭示了一個普遍的認識， 即儘管它明顯不合邏輯，有時也會代表經驗的真正特性。Center 可以指示包括擁有，發現或圍繞中心轉動在內的多種關係， 介詞的選擇取決於具體意向。用法上有著名的先例，如我們的希望集中於年輕的帝王身上；
例句：
His thoughts centered on the long journey before him;
他的思緒集中於面前漫漫長路上；

andThe trade is centered at Amsterdam; as well as for usagessuch asA storm of battle centered around the king, in which examplearound seems to be the only appropriate choice. See Usage Note at equal
以及貿易集中於阿姆斯特丹； 也有這樣的用法，如戰鬥的風暴圍繞著國王 ， 在這個例子裡around 似為唯一適當的選擇 參見 equal