the exact match in size and shape between two halves, parts or sides of something 对称 the perfect symmetry of the garden design 花园图案的完全对称 The trees break the symmetry of the painting. 这些树打破了画中的对称格局。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- perfect
- pleasing
- bilateral
- …
- have
- possess
- lack
- …
- symmetry between
- an axis of symmetry
- a line of symmetry
the quality of being very similar or equal 相似；相仿；相等 the increasing symmetry between men’s and women’s jobs 男女职业的日渐趋同 the symmetry between different forces 不同力之间的平衡
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- perfect
- pleasing
- bilateral
- …
- have
- possess
- lack
- …
- symmetry between
- an axis of symmetry
- a line of symmetry
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting proportion): from French symétrie or Latin symmetria, from Greek, from sun- ‘with’ + metron ‘measure’.