serial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əl/us/ˈsɪr.i.əl/serialadjective[before noun](CRIMINAL/CRIME)
C1
used todescribeapersonwhorepeatedlycommitsasimilarcrimeorcarriesout asimilarbadact, or thecrimeoractitself:
(重罪案犯或重案)连环的,连续的Shewroteathrillerabout abrutalserialkiller/murderer.她写了部有关一名冷血连环杀手的惊悚小说。
a serialadulterer/womaniser连续作案的强奸犯/沉湎女色难以自拔的人
serialmurders/killings连环谋杀案
- a serialabuser
- serialabuseofchildren
- a serialbomber
- a serialsexoffender
- a serialmurderer
Continually & repeatedly
- (from) hour to houridiom
- 24/7
- ad nauseam
- again
- alway
- always
- hour
- hour after houridiom
- hourly
- immemorial
- interval
- jag
- night
- periodicity
- perpetual
- perpetually
- persistently
- quick-fire
- rumble
- streak
serialadjective[before noun](STORY)
broadcastorpublishedin severalseparateparts, one after another:
分期(播出或刊登)的She iscurrentlyfilminga serialdramafor the BBC.她正在为BBC拍摄一部系列剧。
a serialnovel系列小说
Simultaneous and consecutive
- accompany
- all the whileidiom
- along
- along the wayidiom
- alternate
- even
- go along
- in rotationidiom
- in tandemidiom
- in the processidiom
- live stream
- process
- step
- successive
- successively
- sync
- synchronized
- through
- under
- while
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Broadcasting: programmes & other broadcasts
Books & parts of books
serialadjective[before noun](COMPUTING)
computingspecialized
sendinginformationonebit(=unitofinformation)at atime:
(信息传送)串行的a serialcable串行电缆
serialcommunication串行通信
Compare
parallel
Operating computers
- admin
- aliasing
- always-on
- backsomeoneup
- black hat
- computerate
- computerize
- drill down
- enter
- escape
- interface
- keyboarder
- maximize
- miswrite
- mouse oversomething
- munging
- navigational
- scroll
- ticket
- uninstall
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Simultaneous and consecutive
serialadjective[before noun](ORDER)
formal
arrangedone after another:
顺序排列的He haddifficultyinrememberingthe serialorderof thetasks.他记不住任务的次序是什么。
Simultaneous and consecutive
- accompany
- all the whileidiom
- along
- along the wayidiom
- alternate
- even
- go along
- in rotationidiom
- in tandemidiom
- in the processidiom
- live stream
- process
- step
- successive
- successively
- sync
- synchronized
- through
- under
- while
serial
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əl/us/ˈsɪr.i.əl/C1
astoryontelevisionorradioor in anewspaper, etc. that isbroadcastorprintedinseparateparts:
(电视或广播)连续剧;(报纸上的)连载故事Most of hernovelshave been made intotelevisionserials at sometime.她的大多数小说都已在某个时候被拍成了电视连续剧。
Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features
- advertorial
- advice column
- advice columnist
- agony column
- agony uncle
- comic strip
- cover story
- dateline
- double-page
- double-page spread
- editorial
- leader
- masthead
- obituary
- op-ed
- personal column
- press cutting
- problem page
- splash
- spread
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Broadcasting: programmes & other broadcasts