名詞 central:

1. a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
   同義詞：telephone exchange, exchange

形容詞 central:

1. serving as an essential component
   同義詞：cardinal, fundamental, key, primal
2. in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
3. used in the description of a place that in the middle of another place
4. centrally located and easy to reach

1. What's the central thought of this article?
   這篇文章的中心思想是什么？
2. The coastal areas have mild winters, but by contrast the central plains become extremely cold.
   沿海地區(qū)的冬天天氣暖和，可是相比之下中部平原卻異常寒冷。
3. It is reported that this disease attacks the central nervous system.
   據(jù)報(bào)道說這種疾病破壞中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)。
4. Their office is in central Beijing, so their overhead is very high.
   他們的辦事處設(shè)在北京市中心，所以他們的日常開支很大。
5. The doctors shall operate on his central nervous system.
   醫(yī)生們將要對他的中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)動(dòng)手術(shù)。
6. My house is very central.
   我的家非?？拷兄行?。
7. Such values are central to our way of life.
   這些價(jià)值對于我們的生活方式是至關(guān)重要的。

cen.tral

adj.Abbr. cent.,cen.（形容詞）縮寫 cent.,cen.
Situated at, in, or near the center:
中心的：位于中心、在中心里或靠近中心的：
例句：
the central states.
中部各州

Forming the center.
形成中心的
Having dominant or controlling power or influence:
首要的：在權(quán)力或影響上起主導(dǎo)或控制作用的：
例句：
the central office of the corporation.
集團(tuán)的核心辦公室

Of basic importance; essential or principal:
起支配作用的：基礎(chǔ)重要性的；根本的或主要的：
例句：
.Performance, including technological invention and artistic creation, will become central to education at all levels.(Frederick Turner)
.創(chuàng)作，包括科技發(fā)明和藝術(shù)創(chuàng)造，將成為各層次教育的根本.(弗雷德里克·特納)

Easily reached from various points:
從各點(diǎn)容易到達(dá)的：
例句：
a central location for the new store.
新店的中心位置

Of or constituting a single source controlling all components of a system:
中樞系統(tǒng)的：屬于或構(gòu)成控制系統(tǒng)所有組成部分的單一來源的：
例句：
central air conditioning.
中央空調(diào)

Anatomy
【解剖學(xué)】
Of, relating to, or originating from the nervous system.
中樞神經(jīng)的：屬于、關(guān)與或起源于神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的
Relating to a centrum.
有關(guān)中樞的
Linguistics Neither front nor back. Used of vowels, as theu in cut.
【語言學(xué)】 中間路線的：既不靠前又不靠后的。在元音上，如u 在 cut 里面
n.（名詞）

A telephone exchange.
電話局
An operator at a telephone exchange.
電話局的接線員
An office or agency that is at the center of a group of related activities and serves to control and coordinate them:
總局：處于一組相關(guān)活動(dòng)的中心的辦公室或機(jī)構(gòu)，來控制和協(xié)調(diào)這些活動(dòng)：
例句：
traffic central.
交通中心

來源：
Latin centr3lis
拉丁語 centr3lis
from centrum [center] * see center
源自 centrum [中心] *參見 center

【引伸】
cen.trally
adv.（副詞）