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单词 picturegraph
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picturegraphn.

Brit. /ˈpɪktʃəɡrɑːf/, /ˈpɪktʃəɡraf/, U.S. /ˈpɪk(t)ʃərˌɡræf/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: picture n., -graph comb. form.
Etymology: < picture n. + -graph comb. form. Compare earlier pictograph n., pictogram n.
A pictorial symbol or image; a pictograph. Also figurative.
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society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > pictograph
hieroglyphic1596
pictograph1851
pictogram1885
picturegraph1915
1915 Manitoba Free Press 26 Feb. 8/4 (advt.) In picturegraph we tell the style story of men's hats for spring.
1926 G. Murray in Pioneer of Reformed Spelling Apr. 2 You could communicate ideas by making certain signs or marks on some material—from that you get, first picturegraphs, and eventually alphabetical writing.
a1930 D. H. Lawrence Apocalypse (1931) ix. 127 Every image is a picturegraph, and the connection between the images will be made..differently by every reader.
1962 Punch 11 Apr. 570/2 There was..Diplodocus Carnegii,..alive, in his own era—a rare picturegraph in those days.
1997 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 24 Feb. b4 [The system of memorizing] words with flash cards, not by sounding out letters..treated our alphabet-based language like Chinese picturegraphs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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