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续作 — meaning in English

xù zuò

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English meaning

  • retainer noun A fee paid in advance to secure someone's services, especially a lawyer's.
  • sequel noun A book, film, or show that continues the story of an earlier one, usually picking up after it.
  • sequence noun A set of things arranged in a particular order, one after another.
  • suit noun A matching jacket and trousers (or skirt) worn together as formal or business clothing.
  • suite noun A set of connected rooms, especially in a hotel.

Senses

续作 is used for these senses in English:

  • retainer A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
  • sequel (narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
  • sequence (card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
  • suit (obsolete) Regular order; succession.
  • suite A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue. [from 16th c.]

retainer — full definition

  1. noun A fee paid in advance to secure someone's services, especially a lawyer's.
  2. noun A dental device worn to keep teeth in place after braces.

sequel — full definition

  1. noun A book, film, or show that continues the story of an earlier one, usually picking up after it.
  2. noun Whatever follows on from an earlier event, as its result or continuation.

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