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addition

英[ə'dɪʃ(ə)n] 美[ə'dɪʃən]
  • n. 添加;[数] 加法;增加物

英英释意


1. a component that is added to something to improve it;
"the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"
"the addition of cinammon improved the flavor"
2. the act of adding one thing to another;
"the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"
"the addition of a leap day every four years"
3. a quantity that is added;
"there was an addition to property taxes this year"
"they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"
4. something added to what you already have;
"the librarian shelved the new accessions"
"he was a new addition to the staff"
5. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
6. the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers;
"the summation of four and three gives seven"
"four plus three equals seven"