dashboard

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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dash·board /ˈdæʃbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countable]  TTCthe part of a car in front of the driver, which has controls on it 〔汽车的〕仪表板 →4  See picture on 见图 Page A2 Car 汽车 →5 see picture at 见图 car

Examples from the Corpus

dashboard• How about the thunk of a hot lighter snapping up from a car dashboard?• Mattie pressed the automatic device on her dashboard and the garage door eased upwards for the Lincoln to slide smoothly in.• The bus driver washed the windows as a classical music tape played from his dashboard.• Jaguar sells its leaping kitty hood ornaments mounted on a block made from the walnut that goes into its dashboards.• She shot a glance at the beribboned box on the dashboard.• Sly hit the various telephonic security switches that had started flashing on the dashboard.• Upon the dashboard of a black Cadillac sedan parked in a nearby side-road a green light began to flash furiously.• The dashboard remains silver because it was never changed when the car was resprayed white.Origin dashboard (1800-1900) → DASH1 “to strike with small drops of liquid” ((17-19 centuries)) + board (because it was originally a board to stop mud getting into a vehicle)

dash·board nounChineseSyllable  

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dashboard
dash‧board /ˈdæʃbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countable]the part of a car in front of the driver, which has controls on it

dash·boardBrE /ˈdæʃbɔːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdæʃbɔːrd/ 🔊 noun

(also fa·scia) (also informal dash especially in NAmE ) the part of a car in front of the driver that has instruments and controls in it （汽车上的）仪表板a diagram that shows important information, typically one that gives an outline of a business （主要业务数据的）动态监控面板◆an executive dashboard showing key performance indicators显示关键运营指标的监控管理面板a page on a website where you can access information about its various functions （网站的）主控面板（从中可以了解网站的不同功能）