1. | [cspv] 流行音乐乐队a small group of musicians who play popular music together, often with a singer or singers |
a rock/jazz band 摇滚╱爵士乐队 | |
She's a singer with a band. 她是一个乐队的歌手。 |
2. | [cspv] 管乐队;鼓号乐队a group of musicians who play brass and percussion instruments |
a military band 军乐队 |
3. | [cspv] 一伙人;一帮人a group of people who do sth together or who have the same ideas |
a band of outlaws 一帮歹徒 | |
He persuaded a small band of volunteers to help. 他劝服了一小批志愿者来帮忙。 |
4. | [c] 带;箍a thin flat strip or circle of any material that is put around things, for example to hold them together or to make them stronger |
She always ties her hair back in a band. 她总是用一条带子把头发扎在后面。 | |
All babies in the hospital have name bands on their wrists. 医院里所有新生儿手腕上都套着写有名字的手箍。 | |
She wore a simple band of gold(= a ring) on her finger. 她戴着一枚净面的金戒指。 |
5. | [c] 条纹;条饰a strip of colour or material on sth that is different from what is around it |
a white plate with a blue band around the edge 带蓝边的白盘子 |
6. | [c] 频带;波段a range of radio waves |
Short-wave radio uses the 20-50 metre band. 短波收音机用的波段是 20–50 米。 |
7. | [c] (数目、年龄、价格等的)范围,段a range of numbers, ages, prices, etc. within which people or things are counted or measured |
the 25-35 age band 25–35 岁的年龄段 | |
tax bands 税收等级 |
1. | [usupass] be banded (+ adj.) 加彩条(或嵌条等)to put a band of a different colour or material around sth |
Many insects are banded black and yellow. 很多昆虫有黑色和黄色的条纹。 |
2. | [usupass] ~ sth (将价格、收入等)划分档次,分等级to be organized into bands of price, income, etc. |
Tax is banded according to income. 赋税是按收入划分等级的。 |