early 15c., "a knot or lump," from Latin nodus "knot" (see net (n.)). Originally borrowed c. 1400 in Latin form, meaning "lump in the flesh." Meaning "point of intersection" (originally of planetary orbits with the ecliptic) first recorded 1660s.
雙語例句
1. Cut them off cleanly through the stem just below the node.
就從莖節(jié)下面，沿莖干把它們?nèi)车簟?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句
2. At a data processing node, data processing equipment and associated software.