资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Frequency \Fre"quen*cy\, n.; pl. {Frequencies}. [L. frequentia
   numerous attendance, multitude: cf. F. fr['e]quence. See
   {Frequent}.]
   1. The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often
      repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes;
      the frequency of miracles.

            The reasons that moved her to remove were, because
            Rome was a place of riot and luxury, her soul being
            almost stifled with, the frequencies of ladies'
            visits.                               --Fuller.

   2. A crowd; a throng. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.