🇬🇧🇨🇳 terminal - 终端 : English Lesson

Meaning of "terminal" ("终端"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A terminal is a machine with a screen and a keyboard that lets you send messages to a bigger computer and see what it sends back. You can think of it like a window and a mailbox combined: you type on the keyboard to give the computer instructions or ask it questions, and the computer’s answers show up on the screen. Long ago, people used terminals to share one large computer, kind of like many people using one giant brain at the same time.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I wrote a message to the big computer through the terminal, then panicked when it wrote back faster than I can text.

The terminal went completely blank, just like my brain during a surprise quiz.

My little brother pressed every key at once, and the terminal basically had a nervous breakdown.

The terminal froze, probably because it saw my spelling and needed a moment to recover.

The terminal connected us to the school’s big computer, which bravely survived thirty kids pressing random buttons.

Late at night, a tired student sits at a dusty terminal and presses keys. The terminal's green text scrolls answers. A second terminal beside her glows, then goes dark. She leans closer, fingers fly across the terminal keyboard, and the old terminal prints a single word: Success. She laughs and turns both terminal screens off.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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