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schema

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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sche·ma /ˈskiːmə/ noun (plural schemas or schemata /-mətə/) [countable] technical  AVDa drawing or description of the main parts of something 略图;纲要,概要,提要
Examples from the Corpus
schemaBetween birth and age 2, all schemata are sensorimotor and dependent on the actions of the child.Implicit in the conceptualizations of schema used here is the idea that schemata are internally constructed with experience over time.The sucking reflex illustrates a reflexive schema.Within a set schema some approximate balance of interests has been achieved.That is, a single schema had been used to evoke a behavioral response.This upset conservatives who insisted, inaccurately, that schemata could only be accepted or amended, not rejected.Therefore we are dealing solely with an exchange-value schema, not a prices of production one.
Origin schema (1700-1800) Greek → SCHEME1
sche·ma nounChineseSyllable
something description main of or Corpus of the parts a drawing


schema
schema /ˈskiːmə/ noun (plural schemas or schemata /-mətə/) [countable] technical
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: Greek
 Origin: scheme1
a drawing or description of the main parts of something


schemaBrE /ˈskiːmə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈskiːmə/ 🔊 noun (
plural
sche·mas
or
sche·mata BrE /ˈskiːmətə/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈskiːmətə/ 🔊 BrE /skiːˈmɑːtə/ 🔊 NAmE /skiːˈmɑːtə/ 🔊
)
(specialist)
an outline of a plan or theory (计划或理论的)提要,纲要