英式发音:[,sentr'pit()l;sen'trpt()l] or [sn'trptl]
美式发音
(adj.) tending to move toward a center; 'centripetal force' .
(adj.) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; 'sensory neurons' .
(adj.) tending to unify .
校对:鲁珀特
双语例句
The comets are to be regarded as parts of the system, akin to the planets, but more remote from the control of the centripetal forc e of the sun. 李贝.西洋科学史.
And she had a shamed recollection of the way in which, a few hours since, she had felt the centripetal force of their standards. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.