monitor

英 ['m?n?t?] 美['m?n?t?]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中頻詞核心詞匯

復數:?monitors;第三人稱單數:?monitors;過去式:?monitored;過去分詞:?monitored;現在分詞:?monitoring;

monitor 顯示屏，監視器，班長，監督員

來自拉丁語monere,警告，提醒，監視，使記憶，來自PIE*men,思考，考慮，思想，記憶，詞源同mania,comment,mind.引申詞義學長，班長，監督員等，后也用于指顯示屏，監視器等。

monitor: monitor: see monster
monitor (n.): 1540s, "senior pupil at a school charged with keeping order, etc.," from Latin monitor "one who reminds, admonishes, or checks," also "an overseer, instructor, guide, teacher," agent noun from monere "to admonish, warn, advise," related to memini "I remember, I am mindful of," and to mens "mind," from PIE root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)).

The type of lizard so called because it is supposed to give warning of crocodiles (1826). Meaning "squat, slow-moving type of ironclad warship" (1862) so called from name of the first vessel of this design, chosen by the inventor, Swedish-born U.S. engineer John Ericsson (1803-1889), because it was meant to "admonish" the Confederate leaders in the U.S. Civil War. Broadcasting sense of "a device to continuously check on the technical quality of a transmission" (1931) led to special sense of "a TV screen displaying the picture from a particular camera."
monitor (v.): 1818, "to guide;" 1924, "to check for quality" (originally especially of radio signals), from monitor (n.). General sense from 1944. Related: Monitored; monitoring.

2. Meetings are held periodically to monitor progress on the case.: 定期舉行會議以監督案件的進展。

3. It would monitor traffic flows and provide feedback to motorists.: 它能監控交通狀況，然后給司機提供反饋信息。