reciprocal
中文来自 ECDICT
- adj.
- 互惠的，相互的，相等的，倒数的，彼此相反的
- n.
- 倒数，互相起作用的事物
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←拉丁语 reciprocus
词源说明
From Latin reciprocus, possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”).
释义（英文）
形容词 Adjective
- Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
- Mutually interchangeable.
- (grammar) Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.
- (mathematics) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
名词 Noun
- (arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
- (grammar) A construction expressing mutual action.