English Dictionary

object

/ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/

noun

A thing that has physical existence but is not alive. / Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.

The object on the table is a book.

意味（1）

A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.

意味（2）

Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.

Money is an Object to you?

Money is an Object to me.

And yet you have taken no Steps to recover your Property from Mr. Dry?

Money is an Object to you? Money is an Object to me. And yet you have taken no Steps to recover your Property from Mr. Dry? No, I have no Occasion for it.

意味（3）

(grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.

意味（4）

A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.

Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years.

意味（5）

(object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.

意味（6）

(category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).

Similarly, there is a category whose objects are groups and whose arrows are the homomorphisms from one group to another.

意味（7）

(obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.

He, advancing close / Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose / In glorious object.