log
n
1
(a) length of tree-trunk that has fallen or been cut down 原木; 圓材
birds nesting in a hollow log 在空樹干里搭巢的鳥.
(b) short piece of this, esp one used as firewood 短的木材; (尤指)木柴
Put another log on the fire. 往爐子里再添一段木柴.
2 (idm 習(xí)語) easy as falling off a log => easy1. sleep like a log/top => sleep.
log n
1 (formerly 舊時(shí)用法) floating device pulled behind a ship to measure its speed 測(cè)速儀(拖帶於船後以測(cè)船速者)
sail by the log, ie calculate aship's position using this 用測(cè)速儀測(cè)量船位.
2 log-bookof a ship or an aircraft 航海或飛行日志. log, v (-gg-) [Tn]
1 enter (facts) in a log-book 將(事情)記載於航行日志中.
2 achieve (a certain speed, distance, number of hours worked, etc) as recorded in a log-book or similar record 達(dá)到(某速度、 里程、 工作時(shí)數(shù)等)記錄
The pilot had logged over 200 hours in the air. 這個(gè)飛行員的飛行記錄在200小時(shí)以上.
3 (phr v) log in/on (computing 計(jì)) open one's on-line access to a database, etc 注冊(cè), 登記(接通數(shù)據(jù)庫等作聯(lián)機(jī)存取). log off/out (computing 計(jì)) end one's on-line access to a database, etc 注銷(關(guān)閉數(shù)據(jù)庫等結(jié)束聯(lián)機(jī)存取).
log n (infml mathematics 口, 數(shù)) logarithm 對(duì)數(shù)
[attrib 作定語]
log tables 對(duì)數(shù)表.