rule
英[ru?l]
美[rul]
- vi. 統治；管轄；裁定
- n. 統治；規則
- vt. 統治；規定；管理；裁決；支配
- n. (Rule)人名；(英)魯爾；(塞)魯萊
英英釋意
- 1. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;
- "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"
- "short haircuts were the regulation"
- 2. something regarded as a normative example;
- "the convention of not naming the main character"
- "violence is the rule not the exception"
- "his formula for impressing visitors"
- 3. prescribed guide for conduct or action
- 4. (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- 5. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct;
- "their principles of composition characterized all their works"
- 6. a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system;
- "the principle of the conservation of mass"
- "the principle of jet propulsion"
- "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"
- 7. the duration of a monarch's or government's power;
- "during the rule of Elizabeth"
- 8. dominance or power through legal authority;
- "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"
- "the rule of Caesar"
- 9. directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted;
- "he knew the rules of chess"
- 10. any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order;
- "the rule of St. Dominic"
- 11. (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems;
- "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"
- "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"
- 12. measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths