Word · Frequency #22825
terminator
灭鼠除虫者；除害者
a person who exterminates animals or insects that are considered harmful, especially as a job (killing rats, mice, or insects)
此义同 exterminator（除害者），与常见的“终结者”含义不同。
- 1.
Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.
终止或结束某事的人,尤指(后起用法)刺客或灭除者。
- 2.
A text character or string that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission.
用于标记文档或传输结束的文本字符或字符串。
- 3.
The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body.
月球、行星或其他天体上昼半球与夜半球之间的界线。
- 4.
A DNA sequence that causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
使RNA转录停止并导致mRNA转录本中断的DNA序列。
- 5.
An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
在传输线末端吸收反射的电气设备。
- 6.
An intelligent android created to destroy humans.
为毁灭人类而制造的智能机器人。
终止或结束某事的人,尤指(后起用法)刺客或灭除者。；用于标记文档或传输结束的文本字符或字符串。；月球、行星或其他天体上昼半球与夜半球之间的界线。；使RNA转录停止并导致mRNA转录本中断的DNA序列。；在传输线末端吸收反射的电气设备。
In use
The city hired a terminator to deal with the rat problem in the old subway tunnels.
After the bakery complained about insects, a professional terminator came to spray the kitchen.
The farmer called a terminator to remove the rodents that were damaging the crops.
the terminator between [two things]
天文学中指星球表面昼夜分界线。
The terminator between day and night on Mars moves slowly across its surface.
火星上白昼与黑夜之间的明暗界线在其表面缓慢移动。
a terminator at [the end of something]
计算机硬件中，终结器是连接在总线末端以匹配阻抗的装置。
Attach a terminator at the end of the network cable.
在网络电缆的末端连接一个终结器。
Connections
Collocations
- rat terminator
- 灭鼠者
- The landlord hired a rat terminator to clean the basement.房东雇了一名灭鼠者来清理地下室。
- pest terminator
- 害虫防治员
- A pest terminator checks every apartment in May.害虫防治员每年五月检查每间公寓。
- bug terminator
- 除虫专家
- The bug terminator sprayed the kitchen and sealed the cracks.除虫专家给厨房喷了药，并封住了裂缝。
Pop culture & quotes
- Listen, understand. That Terminator is out there.
- 听着，明白吗？那个终结者就在外面。In this famous scene, Kyle Reese warns Sarah Connor that the Terminator cannot be reasoned with.在这个著名场景中，凯尔·里斯警告莎拉·康纳，那个终结者是无法讲道理的。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想动词 terminate（终止）拼写和含义：-or 表执行者，即“终结者”，灭虫就是终止害虫生命。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、pest-control industry 在表示“灭鼠除虫的人/除害者”时，terminator 是比较正式或书面化的说法；日常口语中更常说 exterminator。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 terminators。
Pronunciation & Spelling
只有 exterminator 与 terminator 真正押韵（都含 /ɜː/ + /mɪneɪtə/）。coordinator 和 generator 拼写都有 -ator，但重音不同，并不押韵；termination 和 terminal 开头拼写相似，但分别读 /ʃən/ 和 /nəl/，也不押韵。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.