抛物线

拋物線

pāowùxiàn

noun #34,979

Measure Word

一条抛物线 tiáo

Meanings

1 parabola

Characters

Examples

球在空中划出一道漂亮的抛物线。

Qiú zài kōngzhōng huà chū yī dào piàoliang de pāowùxiàn.

The ball traced a beautiful parabola in the air.

这道题考的是抛物线方程。

Zhè dào tí kǎo de shì pāowùxiàn fāngchéng.

This problem tests the equation of a parabola.

Tips

memory

抛 (throw) + 物 (object) + 线 (line) = the line traced when you throw something — a parabola. The literal naming makes it easy: a thrown-object's path.

Stroke Order

抛 pāo

物 wù

线 xiàn