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1. Oxford Dictionary

   element

   • IPA[ˈɛlɪm(ə)nt]

   英式

   • n.
     an essential or characteristic part of something abstract；a small but significant amount of a feeling or quality

   • noun: element, plural noun: elements

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an essential or characteristic part of something abstract the death had all the elements of a great tabloid story there are four elements to the proposal 同義詞 component, constituent, part, section, portion, ... 更多piece, segment, bit, factor, feature, facet, ingredient, strand, detail, point, member, unit, module, item, essential, rareintegrand
   • ▪ a small but significant amount of a feeling or quality it was the element of danger he loved in flying 同義詞 trace, touch, hint, smattering, suspicion, ... 更多soupçon
   • ▪ the rudiments of a subject legal training may include the elements of economics and political science 同義詞 basics, essentials, principles, first principles, foundations, ... 更多fundamentals, rudiments, informalnuts and bolts, ABC
   • ▪ a group of people of a particular kind within a larger group the younger elements in the party are opposed to the move
   • ▪ (in church use) the bread and wine of the Eucharist.
   • ▪ an entity that is a single member of a set.
   • 2. each of more than one hundred substances that cannot be chemically interconverted or broken down into simpler substances and are primary constituents of matter. Each element is distinguished by its atomic number, i.e. the number of protons in the nuclei of its atoms.
   • ▪ any of the four substances (earth, water, air, and fire) regarded as the fundamental constituents of the world in ancient and medieval philosophy.
   • ▪ a person's or animal's natural or preferred environment he was raised in Hawaii and the sea is his natural element 同義詞 natural environment, favoured environment, familiar territory, territory, habitat, ... 更多medium, milieu, sphere, field, domain, realm, circle, resort, haunt
   • 3. strong winds, heavy rain, or other kinds of bad weather there was no barrier against the elements 同義詞 the weather, the climate, meteorological conditions, atmospheric conditions/forces, the wind, ... 更多the rain, storms
   • 4. a part in an electric kettle, heater, or cooker which contains a wire through which an electric current is passed to provide heat.

   片語

   • be in one's element
   • be out of one's element