symmetry
Word family adjectivesymmetralsymmetricnounsymmetriansymmetricalnesssymmetrizationsymmetrysymmetrophobiaadverbsymmetricallyverbsymmetrize
sym·me·try /ˈsɪmətri/ ●○○ noun [uncountableU] 2 the quality that a situation has when two events or actions seem to be balanced or equal in some way 相似;相等 OPP asymmetry There was a certain symmetry to coming back to New York, where I started my artistic life all those years ago. 人生的经历似乎是对称的,我又回到了纽约,那里是我早年开始艺术生涯的地方。
Origin symmetry (1500-1600) Latin symmetria, from
Greek, from
symmetros “symmetrical”, from
syn- (
→ SYN-) +
metron “measure”