Definition of "target" in 英语

noun

1. A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

   • Take careful aim at the target.

2. A goal or objective.

   • They have a target to finish the project by November.

3. An object of criticism or ridicule.

4. A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.

5. A kind of shield:

6. (sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

   • He made a good target.

7. (surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

8. (rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

9. (cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

10. (linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.

11. (mathematics, category theory) The codomain of a function; the object at which a morphism points.

    • Coordinate term: source

12. (translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.

    • Do you charge by source or target?

13. A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.

14. (UK, dated) A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.

15. (Scotland, obsolete) A tassel or pendant.

16. (Scotland, obsolete) A shred; a tatter.

verb

1. (transitive) To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

2. (transitive, figuratively) To aim for as an audience or demographic.

   • The advertising campaign targeted older women.

3. (transitive, computing) To produce code suitable for.

   • This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.