each of a set of standardized parts or independent units that can be used to construct a more complex structure, such as an item of furniture or a building 组件,模件,预制件 ■each of a set of independent units of study or training that can be combined in a number of ways to form a course at a college or university (大学课程)组成单元 ■[usu. with modifier]an independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft (航天器的)舱 ■(Computing)any of a number of distinct but interrelated units from which a program may be built up or into which a complex activity may be analysed (计算机)模件,模块,功能块
语源
late 16th cent. (in the senses 'allotted scale' and 'plan, model'): from French, or from Latin modulus (see modulus). Current senses date from the 1950s