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symmetry

noun
🔊/ˈsɪmətri/
🔊/ˈsɪmətri/
 [uncountable]
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  1. the exact match in size and shape between two halves, parts or sides of something对称
    • the perfect symmetry of the garden design花园图案的完全对称
    • The trees break the symmetry of the painting.这些树打破了画中的对称格局。
    Topics Colours and Shapesc2, Maths and measurementc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • perfect
    • pleasing
    • bilateral
    • …
    verb + symmetry
    • have
    • possess
    • lack
    • …
    preposition
    • symmetry between
    phrases
    • an axis of symmetry
    • a line of symmetry
    See full entry
  2. the quality of being very similar or equal相似；相仿；相等
    • the increasing symmetry between men’s and women’s jobs男女职业的日渐趋同
    • the symmetry between different forces不同力之间的平衡
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • perfect
    • pleasing
    • bilateral
    • …
    verb + symmetry
    • have
    • possess
    • lack
    • …
    preposition
    • symmetry between
    phrases
    • an axis of symmetry
    • a line of symmetry
    See full entry
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting proportion): from French symétrie or Latin symmetria, from Greek, from sun- ‘with’ + metron ‘measure’.