two or more lines that are parallel to each other are the same distance apart at every point 兩條或多條互相平行的線在每一點的距離相等 parallel lines 平行線 - parallel to/with something
The road and the canal are parallel to each other. 道路與運河平行。
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesb2, Maths and measurementb2The lane is roughly parallel to the main road. 這條小路大致和主幹道平行。 The road runs parallel with the coast. 這條道路和海岸平行。
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very similar or taking place at the same time 極相似的;同時發生的;相應的;對應的 parallel trends 並行發展的趨勢 Though still a committed painter, in 1978 she launched a parallel career as a photographer. 盡管仍然專注於繪畫,1978年她同時還開始了她的攝影事業。 Two poisonings have been reported recently in London and now there has been a parallel case in the Netherlands. 最近在倫敦有兩起中毒事件的報道,如今有一例同類事件在荷蘭發生。
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computing )計算機 involving several computer operations at the same time 並行的 parallel processing 並行處理
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French parallèle, via Latin from Greek parallēlos, from para- ‘alongside’ + allēlos ‘one another’.