a cubic
cubic 作名词时是可数名词,单数前用 a/an。
The curve in the diagram is a cubic.
图中的曲线是一条三次曲线。
三次曲线
cubics — plural of cubic
立方体的;立方的
三次曲线。
A cubic curve.
In algebra class, we learned that a cubic can cross the x-axis up to three times.
在代数课上,我们学到一条三次曲线最多可以与 x 轴相交三次。
用法提示:cubic 在此作可数名词,指三次曲线,用单数形式表示一条这样的曲线。
When you plot a cubic, the curve usually bends twice.
当你画出一条三次曲线时,这条曲线通常会弯折两次。
用法提示:cubic 在此作名词,指三次曲线,与动词 plot 搭配,表示把它的图形画出来。
Our teacher asked us to compare the shapes of several cubics on the board.
老师让我们比较黑板上几条三次曲线的形状。
用法提示:cubics 是 cubic 的复数形式,这里作名词,指多条三次曲线。
cubic 作名词时是可数名词,单数前用 a/an。
The curve in the diagram is a cubic.
图中的曲线是一条三次曲线。
特指某条三次曲线时用 the cubic。
She studied the cubic shown on the screen.
她研究了屏幕上显示的那条三次曲线。
表示多条三次曲线时用复数 cubics。
These two cubics intersect at three points.
这两条三次曲线相交于三个点。
用于说明某条曲线属于三次曲线这一类。
A curve of this type is called a cubic.
这种类型的曲线被称为三次曲线。
grammar · medium
易错句子The graph shows two cubic crossing the x-axis.
正确表达The graph shows two cubics crossing the x-axis.
cubic 作名词表示“三次曲线”时是可数名词,复数形式是 cubics。汉语名词没有单复数变化,学习者容易在数词 two 后漏掉 -s;英语里数词修饰可数名词时必须用复数,所以 two 后面要写 cubics。
grammar · medium
易错句子A cubic has six square faces and twelve edges.
正确表达A cube has six square faces and twelve edges.
汉语“立方”既指立体的“立方体”,也指数学上的“立方、三次”,学习者因此常把 cubic 当成 cube。名词 cubic 的意思是“三次曲线”,并没有面;指有六个正方形面的立体图形时,必须用 cube。
平面三次曲线
Every plane cubic meets a line in three points, counted with multiplicity.
每条平面三次曲线与一条直线相交于三个点(按重数计)。
非奇异三次曲线
Over the complex numbers, a nonsingular cubic is an elliptic curve.
在复数域上,非奇异三次曲线是一条椭圆曲线。
奇异三次曲线
A singular cubic has exactly one singular point.
奇异三次曲线恰好有一个奇点。
有理三次曲线
A rational cubic can be parametrized by rational functions.
有理三次曲线可以用有理函数参数化。
不可约三次曲线
An irreducible cubic is not the union of a line and a conic.
不可约三次曲线不是一条直线与一条二次曲线的并。
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