log

log1
noun
  1. a part of the trunk or a large branch of a tree that has fallen or been cut off
    原木,圆材
  2. (亦作 logbook)an official record of events during the voyage of a ship or aircraft
    (航海或飞行)日志
    a ship's log.
    航海日志。
    ■a regular or systematic record of incidents or observations
    观察记录
    keep a detailed log of your activities.
    对你的行动作细致的观察记录。
  3. an apparatus for determining the speed of a ship, originally one consisting of a float attached to a knotted line that is wound on a reel, the distance run out in a certain time being used as an estimate of the vessel's speed
    计程仪;测速仪
(logged, logging)
[with obj.]
  1. enter (an incident or fact) in the log of a ship or aircraft or in another systematic record
    记录(航海,飞行情况)
    the incident has to be logged.
    必须把事故记录下来。
    the red book where we log our calls.
    记录我们呼叫的红本子。
    ■(of a ship or aircraft) achieve (a certain distance or speed)
    (船,飞机)达到(一定的距离,速度)
    she had logged more than 12,000 miles since she had been launched.
    自她下水以来航程已达12,000英里。
    ■(of an aircraft pilot) attain (a certain amount of flying time)
    (飞行员)达到(一定的飞行时间)
  2. cut down (an area of forest) in order to exploit the timber commercially
    (商业性)砍伐(林区)
常用词组
(as) easy as falling off a log
  1. (informal)very easy
    (非正式)易如反掌
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'bulky mass of wood'): of unknown origin; perhaps symbolic of the notion of heaviness. Sense 3 originally denoted a thin quadrant of wood loaded to float upright in the water, whence 'ship's journal' in which information from the log board was recorded
继承用法
log in (或 on)
  1. go through the procedures to begin use of a computer system, which includes establishing the identity of the user
    进入(系统),注册,登录
log off (或 out)
  1. go through the procedures to conclude use of a computer system
    退出(系统),注销

log2
noun
  1. short for logarithm:
    logarithm 的简称
    [as modifier]log tables.
    对数表。
    [prefixed to a number or algebraic symbol]log x.
    x的对数。
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