mid-15c., "sphere, globe, something spherical or circular," from Old French orbe "orb, globe" (13c.) and directly from Latin orbem (nominative orbis) "circle, disk, ring, hoop, orbit," probably related to orbita "wheel track, rut," of unknown origin. Watkins suggests a connection with the root of orchid.
A three-dimensional extension of a word originally describing two-dimensional shapes. Astronomical sense is in reference to the hollow spheres that carried the planets and stars in the Ptolemaic system. As a verb from c. 1600. Orb weaver spider is first recorded 1889.
雙語例句
1. The Object Request Broker ( ORB ) handles the communications among the various components.
對象請求中介 ( ORB ) 處理不同組件之間的通信.
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2. This paper studies the ACE ORB ( TAO ).
本文對TheACE ORB ( TAO ) 進(jìn)行了研究.
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3. I really see no need to add these health orb pickups to the game.
我實(shí)在看不出需要添加這些健康ORB的車站,以游戲.
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4. The CORBA ORB provides four main components: the ORB, object services, common facilities and application objects.