Continuous 音标拼音: [kənt'ɪnjuəs]
a . 连续的,继续的,连续不断的
a . 连续的
连续的,继续的,连续不断的连续的
continuous 连续
continuous adj 1 :
continuing in time or space without interruption ; "
a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light "-
James Jeans ; "
a continuous bout of illness lasting six months "; "
lived in continuous fear "; "
a continuous row of warehouses "; "
a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it "; "
moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks " [
synonym : {
continuous },
{
uninterrupted }] [
ant : {
discontinuous }, {
noncontinuous }]
2 :
of a function or curve ;
extending without break or irregularity [
ant : {
discontinuous }]
Continuous \
Con *
tin "
u *
ous \,
a . [
L .
continuus ,
fr .
continere to hold together .
See {
Continent }.]
1 .
Without break ,
cessation ,
or interruption ;
without intervening space or time ;
uninterrupted ;
unbroken ;
continual ;
unceasing ;
constant ;
continued ;
protracted ;
extended ;
as ,
a continuous line of railroad ;
a continuous current of electricity .
[
1913 Webster ]
he can hear its continuous murmur . --
Longfellow .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Bot .)
Not deviating or varying from uninformity ;
not interrupted ;
not joined or articulated .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Continuous brake } (
Railroad ),
a brake which is attached to each car a train ,
and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine .
{
Continuous impost }.
See {
Impost }.
Syn : {
Continuous }, {
Continual }.
Usage :
Continuous is the stronger word ,
and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted ;
as ,
a continuous sheet of ice ;
a continuous flow of water or of argument .
So Daniel Webster speaks of "
a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England ."
Continual ,
in most cases ,
marks a close and unbroken succession of things ,
rather than absolute continuity .
Thus we speak of continual showers ,
implying a repetition with occasional interruptions ;
we speak of a person as liable to continual calls ,
or as subject to continual applications for aid ,
etc .
See {
Constant }.
[
1913 Webster ]
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "
continuous ":
abiding ,
accordant ,
ageless ,
alike ,
articulated ,
automatic ,
balanced ,
catenated ,
ceaseless ,
chronological ,
coeternal ,
concatenated ,
connected ,
consecutive ,
consistent ,
consonant ,
constant ,
continual ,
continued ,
continuing ,
correspondent ,
cyclical ,
dateless ,
direct ,
durational ,
durative ,
endless ,
equable ,
equal ,
eternal ,
eterne ,
even ,
ever -
being ,
ever -
durable ,
ever -
during ,
ever -
recurring ,
everlasting ,
everliving ,
featureless ,
flat ,
frequent ,
gapless ,
haunting ,
homogeneous ,
immediate ,
immemorial ,
immutable ,
incessant ,
indefatigable ,
indestructible ,
infinite ,
interminable ,
invariable ,
joined ,
jointless ,
lasting ,
level ,
linked ,
measured ,
mechanical ,
methodic ,
monolithic ,
monotonous ,
never -
ceasing ,
never -
ending ,
nonstop ,
nonterminating ,
nonterminous ,
of a piece ,
olamic ,
ordered ,
orderly ,
perdurable ,
perennial ,
periodic ,
permanent ,
perpetual ,
persistent ,
reappearing ,
recurrent ,
recurring ,
regular ,
remaining ,
repetitive ,
returning ,
revenant ,
robotlike ,
round -
the -
clock ,
running ,
seamless ,
sempiternal ,
sequent ,
sequential ,
serial ,
serried ,
smooth ,
stable ,
staying ,
steadfast ,
steady ,
sticking ,
straight ,
sustained ,
systematic ,
temporal ,
thematic ,
thick -
coming ,
tight ,
timeless ,
twenty -
four -
hour ,
ubiquitous ,
unbroken ,
unceasing ,
unchangeable ,
unchanged ,
unchanging ,
undeviating ,
undifferentiated ,
undiversified ,
undying ,
unending ,
uniform ,
unintermitted ,
unintermittent ,
unintermitting ,
uninterrupted ,
unrelieved ,
unremitting ,
unruffled ,
unstopped ,
unvaried ,
unvarying ,
without end
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