/ˈsentrəl ||; ˈsɛntrəl/adj1 in the centre of sth 处于中心的；中央的: a map of central Europe 中欧地图Our flat is very central (= near the centre of the city and therefore very convenient). 我们那套公寓离市中心不远。
2 most important; main 主要的；首要的；核心的: The film's central character is a fifteen-year-old girl. 影片的中心人物是个十五岁少女。
3 (only before a noun 只用于名词前) having control over all other parts 起支配作用的: central government (= the government of a whole country, not local government) 中央政府（代表全国的政府，有别于地方政府）the central nervous system 中枢神经系统