Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #811
normal
常态；标准；常规
The usual, typical, or standard state or condition; a standard regarded as normal.
- 1.
A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
垂直于另一条线、表面或平面的线或向量。
- 2.
something regarded as a normative example
被视为规范范例的事物
- 3.
A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.
健康、正常的人,与病态的人相对。
- 4.
The usual state.
通常状态。
正常人；法线；垂直线；垂直于另一条线、表面或平面的线或向量。；被视为规范范例的事物；健康、正常的人,与病态的人相对。
In use
After the chaos, life slowly returned to normal.
The test results were within the normal for a healthy adult.
In statistics, data points outside the normal are considered outliers.
Connections
Collocations
- back to normal
- 恢复正常
- Life slowly went back to normal after the crisis.危机过后，生活慢慢恢复正常。
- above normal
- 高于正常水平
- Temperatures are above normal for this time of year.每年这个时候的气温都高于正常水平。
- below normal
- 低于正常水平
- The river level is below normal this month.这个月河水水位低于正常水平。
- new normal
- 新常态
- Remote work has become the new normal for many companies.远程办公已成为许多公司的新常态。
- surface normal
- 表面法线
- The surface normal is perpendicular to the plane at that point.该点的表面法线垂直于这个平面。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把normal联想成norm（规范）+al，凡符合规范的就是常态、正常人；几何里的法线也可想成垂直的参照线。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：math/geometry、academic writing、everyday conversation、medical/psychology 作名词时，语域随义项变化：几何学中的“法线”较正式、属技术用语；“常态、常规”多用于日常中性表达；“健康/正常人”常见于口语或医学语境，需根据上下文判断。
Grammar Note
作为名词，通常表示‘常态’，有复数形式 normals，但常用单数形式出现在固定短语中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes (AmE): formal /ˈfɔrməl/, informal /ɪnˈfɔrməl/, abnormal /æbˈnɔrməl/ — all share the stressed /ɔr/ + /məl/ ending (spelled -rmal), like normal /ˈnɔrməl/. Lookalikes that do NOT rhyme: thermal /ˈθɜrməl/ has the same -rmal spelling but a different vowel /ɜr/; moral /ˈmɔrəl/ is spelled -oral and has no /m/ after /r/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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