late 14c., "uterus, womb," from Old French matrice "womb, uterus," from Latin matrix (genitive matricis) "pregnant animal," in Late Latin "womb," also "source, origin," from mater (genitive matris) "mother" (see mother (n.1)). Sense of "place or medium where something is developed" is first recorded 1550s; sense of "embedding or enclosing mass" first recorded 1640s. Logical sense of "array of possible combinations of truth-values" is attested from 1914. As a verb from 1951.
双语例句
1. the European cultural matrix
欧洲文化的发源地
来自《权威词典》
2. Rome was the matrix of Western civilization.
罗马是西方文明之母.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. We now omit the prime on the matrix elements.
我们现在把各矩阵元素上的一撇略去.
来自辞典例句
4. Interconnection of programming function is carried out on a matrix board.
