se‧ries S2 W1 AC / sɪəriz $ sɪr- / 名词 ( 复数形式 series ) [可数名词，通常单数]

1 series of something several events or actions of a similar type that happen one after the other :

the series of events that led to the outbreak of war

The police are investigating a series of attacks in the area.

There’s been a whole series of accidents on this road.

2 planned events a group of events or actions that are planned to happen one after the other

series of

This autumn the BBC will be showing a series of French films.

Staff will hold a series of meetings over the next few weeks.

a summer lecture series

3 tv/radio a set of television or radio programmes that have the same characters or deal with the same type of subject, and are usually broadcast every week or several times a week :

a new comedy series

4 books/articles etc several books, articles etc that deal with the same subject or tell stories about the same characters

series of

a series of articles on community care

a science fiction series

5 similar things several things of the same kind

series of

a series of laws against discrimination

The area is linked by a series of canals.

6 sport a set of sports games played between the same two teams

the World Series (= in baseball )

Test series (= in cricket )

7 in series technical being connected so that electricity passes through the parts of something electrical in the correct order