Tra từ terminal - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ter·min·al AW [terminal terminals] noun, adjective BrE [ˈtɜːmɪnl] NAmE [ˈtɜːrmɪnl]
noun
1. a building or set of buildings at an airport where air passengers arrive and leave
•A second terminal was opened in 2008.
2. a place, building or set of buildings where journeys by train, bus or boat begin or end
•a railway/bus/ferry terminal
3. (computing)a piece of equipment, usually consisting of a keyboard and a screen that joins the user to a central computer system
4. (technical)a point at which connections can be made in an electric ↑circuit
•a positive/negative terminal

Word Origin:
early 19th cent.: from Latin terminalis, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.

Example Bank:
•All she did was press a few keys on the terminal.
•Internet terminals have been installed at most libraries.
•The computer terminals are connected to a central network.
•The larger financial institutions have over 200 news and data terminals in their offices.
•There were two students at each terminal.
•We met up at the bus terminal.
•pressing keys on a terminal
•The new high-speed train will stop at a terminal to be built at Kings Cross station.
•They are building a new terminal at the airport.
•They arrived late at the ferry terminal.
•They intend to build a massive new rail terminal.
•When I woke up I was in the bus terminal.
•Your flight leaves from terminal 2.
•a bus/ferry terminal
Derived Word: ↑terminally

adjective
1. (of an illness or a disease)that cannot be cured and will lead to death, often slowly
•He has terminal lung cancer.
•The illness is usually terminal.
• (figurative)She's suffering from terminal (= very great) boredom.
2. (of a person)suffering from an illness that cannot be cured and will lead to death
•a terminal patient
3. certain to get worse and come to an end
•The industry is in terminal decline.
4. only before noun (formal or technical)at the end of sth
•a terminal branch of a tree
•terminal examinations (= at the end of a course, etc.)

Word Origin:
early 19th cent.: from Latin terminalis, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.

Example Bank:
•Many terminal patients would prefer to end their days at home.