续作 — meaning in English
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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
- noun A fee paid in advance to secure someone's services, especially a lawyer's.
- noun A dental device worn to keep teeth in place after braces.
sequel — full definition
- noun A book, film, or show that continues the story of an earlier one, usually picking up after it.
- noun Whatever follows on from an earlier event, as its result or continuation.
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