Major 音标拼音: [m'edʒɚ]
a . 较大的,较重要的;主要的;主修的
n . 专业,专业学生;陆军少校
vi . 主修,专攻
较大的,较重要的;主要的;主修的专业,专业学生;陆军少校主修,专攻
major 合计
major 主
major adj 1 :
of greater importance or stature or rank ; "
a major artist "; "
a major role "; "
major highways " [
ant : {
minor }]
2 :
greater in scope or effect ; "
a major contribution "; "
a major improvement "; "
a major break with tradition "; "
a major misunderstanding " [
ant : {
minor }]
3 :
greater in number or size or amount ; "
a major portion (
a majority )
of the population "; "
Ursa Major "; "
a major portion of the winnings " [
ant : {
minor }]
4 :
of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes ; "
his major field was mathematics " [
ant : {
minor }]
5 :
of a scale or mode ; "
major scales "; "
the key of D major "
[
ant : {
minor }]
6 :
of greater seriousness or danger ; "
a major earthquake "; "
a major hurricane "; "
a major illness " [
ant : {
minor }]
7 :
of full legal age [
ant : {
minor }, {
nonaged }, {
underage }]
8 :
of the elder of two boys with the same family name ; "
Jones major "
n 1 :
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines ;
below lieutenant colonel and above captain 2 :
British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (
born in 1943 ) [
synonym : {
Major }, {
John Major }, {
John R .
Major },
{
John Roy Major }]
3 :
a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject ; "
she is a linguistics major "
4 :
the principal field of study of a student at a university ;
"
her major is linguistics "
v 1 :
have as one '
s principal field of study ; "
She is majoring in linguistics "
Major \
Ma "
jor \,
n . [
F .
major .
See {
Major },
a .]
1 . (
Mil .)
An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel ;
the lowest field officer .
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2 . (
Law )
A person of full age .
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3 . (
Logic )
That premise which contains the major term .
It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism ;
as :
No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [
the major ].
Every man in his natural state is unholy [
minor ].
Therefore ,
no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [
conclusion or inference ].
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Note :
In hypothetical syllogisms ,
the hypothetical premise is called the major .
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4 . [
LL .
See {
Major }.]
A mayor . [
Obs .] --
Bacon .
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Major \
Ma "
jor \, [
L .
major ,
compar .
of magnus great :
cf .
F .
majeur .
Cf . {
Master }, {
Mayor }, {
Magnitude }, {
More },
a .]
1 .
Greater in number ,
quantity ,
or extent ;
as ,
the major part of the assembly ;
the major part of the revenue ;
the major part of the territory .
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2 .
Of greater dignity ;
more important . --
Shak .
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3 .
Of full legal age ;
adult . [
Obs .]
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4 . (
Mus .)
Greater by a semitone ,
either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone .
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{
Major key } (
Mus .),
a key in which one and two ,
two and three ,
four and five ,
five and six and seven ,
make major seconds ,
and three and four ,
and seven and eight ,
make minor seconds .
{
Major offense } (
Law ),
an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense ,
as murder and robbery include assault .
{
Major scale } (
Mus .),
the natural diatonic scale ,
which has semitones between the third and fourth ,
and seventh and fourth ,
and seventh and eighth degrees ;
the scale of the major mode ,
of which the third is major .
See {
Scale },
and {
Diatonic }.
{
Major second } (
Mus .),
a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step .
{
Major sixth } (
Mus .),
a sixth of four steps and a half step .
In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major .
Major keys and intervals ,
as distinguished from minors ,
are more cheerful .
{
Major third } (
Mus .),
a third of two steps .
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major ":
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senior ,
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significant ,
sirdar ,
sizable ,
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staff officer ,
star ,
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study ,
subahdar ,
subaltern ,
subdiscipline ,
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three -
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trivium ,
two -
star general ,
ugly ,
upper ,
vital ,
woman ,
world -
shaking ,
worst
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