a.

1. 末端的；终点的；极限的
   We got off at the terminal station.

   我们在终站下车。

2. 每期的，定期的；学期的
   The terminal examinations will be held in early May.

   期终考试将在五月初举行。

3. 末期的，晚期的
   He is suffering from terminal cancer.

   他患晚期癌症。

n.[C]

1. 末端；终点；极限
2. （火车，巴士等的）总站，终站
   Work has started on the construction of a container terminal.

   集装箱码头的建设已经动工。

3. 航空站
4. 【电】电极，接头
   The current flows out of the output terminal.

   电流从输出电极流出。

5. 【电脑】终端机
   The data will be fed into the computer terminal.

   数据将输入电脑终端。

adj.

1. forming or situated at the end of something.
   ▸of or forming a transport terminal.
2. (of a disease) predicted to lead to death.
   ▸having or relating to a terminal disease.
3. informal extreme and irreversible.
4. done or occurring each school, college, etc. term.

n.

1. the end of a railway or other transport route, or a station at this point.
   ▸a departure and arrival building for passengers at an airport.
2. a point of connection for closing an electric circuit.
3. a device at which a user enters data or commands for a computer and which displays the received output.
4. an installation where oil or gas is stored at the end of a pipeline or at a port.
5. (also terminal figure) Architecture  a terminus.
6. Brit. a patient with a terminal illness.