central

名词 central:

1. a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
   同义词：telephone exchange, exchange

形容词 central:

1. serving as an essential component
   同义词：cardinal, fundamental, key, primal
2. in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
3. used in the description of a place that in the middle of another place
4. centrally located and easy to reach

1. What's the central thought of this article?
   这篇文章的中心思想是什么？
2. The coastal areas have mild winters, but by contrast the central plains become extremely cold.
   沿海地区的冬天天气暖和，可是相比之下中部平原却异常寒冷。
3. It is reported that this disease attacks the central nervous system.
   据报道说这种疾病破坏中枢神经系统。
4. Their office is in central Beijing, so their overhead is very high.
   他们的办事处设在北京市中心，所以他们的日常开支很大。
5. The doctors shall operate on his central nervous system.
   医生们将要对他的中枢神经系统动手术。
6. My house is very central.
   我的家非常靠近市中心。
7. Such values are central to our way of life.
   这些价值对于我们的生活方式是至关重要的。

cen.tral

adj.Abbr. cent.,cen.（形容词）缩写 cent.,cen.
Situated at, in, or near the center:
中心的：位于中心、在中心里或靠近中心的：
例句：
the central states.
中部各州

Forming the center.
形成中心的
Having dominant or controlling power or influence:
首要的：在权力或影响上起主导或控制作用的：
例句：
the central office of the corporation.
集团的核心办公室

Of basic importance; essential or principal:
起支配作用的：基础重要性的；根本的或主要的：
例句：
.Performance, including technological invention and artistic creation, will become central to education at all levels.(Frederick Turner)
.创作，包括科技发明和艺术创造，将成为各层次教育的根本.(弗雷德里克·特纳)

Easily reached from various points:
从各点容易到达的：
例句：
a central location for the new store.
新店的中心位置

Of or constituting a single source controlling all components of a system:
中枢系统的：属于或构成控制系统所有组成部分的单一来源的：
例句：
central air conditioning.
中央空调

Anatomy
【解剖学】
Of, relating to, or originating from the nervous system.
中枢神经的：属于、关与或起源于神经系统的
Relating to a centrum.
有关中枢的
Linguistics Neither front nor back. Used of vowels, as theu in cut.
【语言学】 中间路线的：既不靠前又不靠后的。在元音上，如u 在 cut 里面
n.（名词）

A telephone exchange.
电话局
An operator at a telephone exchange.
电话局的接线员
An office or agency that is at the center of a group of related activities and serves to control and coordinate them:
总局：处于一组相关活动的中心的办公室或机构，来控制和协调这些活动：
例句：
traffic central.
交通中心

来源：
Latin centr3lis
拉丁语 centr3lis
from centrum [center] * see center
源自 centrum [中心] *参见 center

【引伸】
cen.trally
adv.（副词）