a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room
(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing;"the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached"
中英词源
mainframe 主机
main,主要的，frame,框架。比喻用法。
mainframe (n.)
"central processor of a computer system," 1964, from main (adj.) + frame (n.).
词态变化
复数 mainframes;
权威造句
1. Most have slavishly copied the design of IBM"sbig mainframe machines.
大多数公司都一味模仿IBM公司大型主机的设计。
来自柯林斯例句
2. To cope with these data, hospitals bought large mainframe computers.
为处理这些数据，医院购入了一些大型主机。
来自辞典例句
3. These were the so - called mainframe machines.
它们被称为主机.
来自新概念英语第三册
4. That pulse forces the circuit breaker to shut down her mainframe for 30 seconds.
这个脉冲能迫使断路器切断它的主机30秒.
来自电影对白
5. People had always thought of IBM as a high end mainframe player.
