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To do with space — meaning where things are, how big they are, what shape they have, and how they sit in relation to one another.
To do with space跟空間有關 — meaning where things are, how big they are, what shape they have, and how they sit in relation to one another也就是東西在哪裡、有多大、是什麼形狀,還有彼此之間怎麼擺放
Not 'outer space'. That is the trap in this word for , because English uses 'space' for both. Spatial is about the ordinary space around us: the gap between two buildings, how furniture fits in a room, whether a shape will slot into a hole.
Not 'outer space'不是指「外太空」。That這 is the trap in this word for learners就是這個字對學習者來說的陷阱, because因為 English英文 uses 'space' for both把 space 這個字同時用在兩種意思上。Spatial Spatial is about the ordinary space around us指的是我們身邊一般的空間: the gap between two buildings兩棟建築物之間的空隙, how furniture fits in a room家具怎麼擺進房間裡, whether a shape will slot into a hole一個形狀能不能塞進一個洞裡
You meet it most in a few set phrases.
You你 meet it most最常遇到它 in a few set phrases是在幾個固定搭配裡
'Spatial awareness' is the sense that lets you park a car, walk through a crowd without bumping people, or catch a ball — some people have a lot of it, some very little. 'Spatial reasoning' or 'spatial ability' is what those puzzle tests measure, the ones where you must decide which folded box a flat shape makes. 'Spatial relationship' is how two things sit relative to each other — above, behind, three metres apart. 'Spatial data' in geography and computing means information tied to a location on a map. 'Spatial audio' on headphones means sound that seems to come from around you rather than from inside your head.
'Spatial awareness'『spatial awareness』(空間感) is the sense that lets you park a car, walk through a crowd without bumping people, or catch a ball指的是讓你會停車、能穿過人群不撞到人,或接住球的那種感覺 — some people have a lot of it, some very little有些人很強,有些人很弱。'Spatial reasoning' or 'spatial ability'『spatial reasoning』或『spatial ability』(空間推理∕空間能力) is what those puzzle tests measure指的就是那些拼圖測驗在測量的東西, the ones where you must decide which folded box a flat shape makes就是要你判斷一個平面圖形摺起來會變成哪個立體盒子的那種測驗。'Spatial relationship'『spatial relationship』(空間關係) is how two things sit relative to each other指的是兩樣東西彼此的相對位置 — above, behind, three metres apart像是上面、後面,或相隔三公尺。'Spatial data'『spatial data』(空間資料) in geography and computing在地理學和電腦領域裡 means information tied to a location on a map指的是跟地圖上某個位置綁在一起的資訊。'Spatial audio'『spatial audio』(空間音訊) on headphones在耳機上 means sound that seems to come from around you rather than from inside your head指的是聽起來像是從你周圍傳來,而不是從頭裡面傳出來的聲音
It is a technical, written word; in normal talk people just say 'where things are'.
It它 is a technical, written word是個技術性、書面的用字; in normal talk在平常說話時 people大家 just say 'where things are'就只會說「東西在哪裡」
組成From Latin spatium, meaning space or distance, plus the ending -al, which turns a noun into an adjective: nation → national, space → spatial.
同家族的字
- spacesame Latin root spatium — spatial is the adjective that belongs to it
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
spatialadj/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/
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Pertaining to (the dimension of) space.
- In the one case these are spatial, in the other chromatic, in the third moral; and would be what the Germans call intensiv in a fourth case, if I were to say, "Camphor smells milder than ammonia."
- The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
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Pertaining to (outer) space.
- It was a land that could no longer be seriously described as underdeveloped, a land that has been able to achieve remarkably high rates of growth in its industrial production and gross national product since 1928, and a land that would shortly send into outer space the first man-made, and eventually also the first manned, spatial vehicle.
- By following the roadmap suggested by Godunov himself, the next step in order to reduce truncation errors in a context of large gradients should be to set up moving mesh methods; a suggestion from the man who created the scheme by means of which were achieved computations of the Apollo spatial vehicle during its reentry into Earth's atmosphere [20], is most probably worth being worked out!
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。