单词 | denote | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | denotede‧note /dɪˈnəʊt $ -ˈnoʊt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINdenote Verb TableOrigin: 1500-1600 French dénoter, from Latin notare ‘to note’VERB TABLE denote
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Longman Language Activatorto have a particular meaning► mean Collocations to have a particular meaning - use this about words, signs, or statements: · What does "abandon" mean?· "Poultry" means chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese.· It says "not suitable for children", which means anyone under 16.mean (that): · The flashing light means we're running out of gas.· "Downsizing" simply means that firms are tending to buy smaller computers to do jobs which used to require big ones.what is meant by something: · What is meant by the term "random access"? ► stand for if a letter or group of letters stands for a word, name, or number, it is a short way of saying or writing it: · NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.· What does the F in John F. Kennedy stand for? ► represent if a shape, letter, object etc represents something, it is used as a sign for that thing in a map, plan, calculation etc: · The red lines on the map represent railways.· Single letters or combinations of letters represent different phonetic sounds. ► symbolize also symbolise British if something such as an object or animal symbolizes an idea or quality, it is used as a sign to mean that idea or quality, especially in a story, a ceremony, or a particular society: · The lion symbolizes strength, the lamb symbolizes gentleness.· In Europe, the colour white symbolizes purity but in Asia it is often the symbol of deep mourning.· Cowardice is symbolized in the painting by the white feathers on the soldier's coat. ► denote if a word or number denotes something, it means it in a very exact sense - used especially in technical contexts: · The dotted line on the graph denotes profits.· The English word "family" used to denote all the people in the house, including servants.· The quantity denoted by the letter E varies from experiment to experiment. ► connote if a word connotes something, it makes you think of feelings and ideas that are not its actual meaning: · The word "jolly" often connotes that someone is fat. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► by Word family· The presence or absence of the first oral tentacle scale is denoted by + or -t.· The dynamics depend only on the product of survival and fertility, which we denote by. NOUN► term· But for the writers and early translators of the Gospels, it was a very precise term, denoting a very exact figure.· I use this term to denote the area within which party, lists are drawn up and candidates elected from them. ► word· From denoting women friends or gossips, the word came to denote the speech of gossips.· Gary Regan: Ah, martini: The very word denotes sophistication.· In other words it denoted the duly consecrated and divinely endorsed king.· Thus, it is clear that normal speakers do not have a determinate concept of the things these words denote.· Canonical traits are not only to be found in words denoting living things.· Since the household was peripatetic, none of these words denotes a room or a building. VERB► use· Arabic numerals are used to denote further divisions, in an integral manner, running from 1 to 9999, as necessary.· But the word can also be used to denote the idea that religion does not matter because it is not true.· The dashpot is used to denote the retarded nature of the response of a material to any applied stress.· Furthermore, it is also used to denote a belief in the uncontrollable and wildly sensual nature of women.· In this book I use it to denote an uncritical obsession with consumption.· Also used to denote a specially styled company name designed as part of a corporate image.· The term carer or family carer will be used to denote those doing unpaid family care. WORD FAMILYnoundenotationadjectivedenotativeverbdenote 1to mean something → connote: What does the word ‘curriculum’ denote that ‘course’ does not?2to represent or be a sign of something SYN indicate: Crosses on the map denote villages.—denotative adjective—denotation /ˌdiːnəʊˈteɪʃən $ -noʊ-/ noun [countable] |
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