◙ [复同单] 1. a number of things, events, or people of a similar kind or related nature coming one after another • 系列 »the explosion was the latest in a series of accidents. 此次爆炸是系列事故中的最新一起。 »he gave a series of lectures on modern art. 他作了现代艺术的系列讲座。 [usu. with adj. or noun modifier] a set of related television or radio programmes, especially of a specified kind • 系列剧；连续剧 »a new drama series. 一部新的舞台系列剧。 a set of books, maps, periodicals, or other documents published in a common format or under a common title • 系列出版物 a set of games played between two teams • 系列比赛 »the Test series against Australia. 与澳大利亚队决赛阶段的系列比赛。 a line of products, especially vehicles or machines, sharing features of design or assembly and marketed with a separate number from other lines • （尤指车辆、机械的）系列产品 »[as modifier] a series III SWB Land Rover. 陆虎ⅢSWB 系列产品。 a set of stamps, banknotes, or coins issued at a particular time • （同时发行的）一套邮票（或货币，硬币） [as modifier] denoting electrical circuits or components arranged so that the current passes through each successively • （电路）串联的。
[Geology] (in chronostratigraphy) a range of strata corresponding to an epoch in time, being a subdivision of a system and itself subdivided into stages • [地质] （年代地层学）统，（岩系的）段 »the Pliocene series. 上新世岩系段。 [Mathematics] a set of quantities constituting a progression or having the several values determined by a common relation • [数] 级数；序列项的总和 [Phonetics] a group of speech sounds having at least one phonetic feature in common but distinguished in other respects • [语音学] 有共同特征的一组语音；系列（音） [Music] . another term for tone row • [乐] 同tone row
【IDIOMS】
◘ in series 1. (of a set of batteries or electrical components) arranged so that the current passes through each successively • （一组电池、电器）串联的
【语源】
1. early 17th cent.: from Latin, literally row, chain', from serere 'join, connect'