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quote

释义

quote

noun countable

UK /kwəʊt/

Word Forms

singular	quote
plural	quotes

1
a quotation from a book, play, speech etc
quote from:
a quote from Shakespeare
Synonyms and related words
Parts of films, stories and plays
act
action
ad-lib
2
the price that someone says they will charge you for doing a particular piece of work
quote for:
Can you give us a quote for the whole job?
Synonyms and related words
Prices and costs
price
cost
charge
3

quotes
plural informalquotation marks
Synonyms and related words
Punctuation
ampersand
apostrophe
bad break

quote

noun countable

US /kwoʊt/

Word Forms

singular	quote
plural	quotes

1
a quotation from a book, play, speech, etc.
quote from:
a quote from Shakespeare
Synonyms and related words
Parts of movies, stories and plays
act
action
ad-lib
2
the price that someone says they will charge you for doing a particular piece of work
quote for:
Can you give us a quote for the whole job?
Synonyms and related words
Prices and costs
price
cost
charge
3

quotes
plural informalquotation marks
Synonyms and related words
Punctuation
ampersand
apostrophe
bad break

quote

verb

UK /kwəʊt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	quote
he/she/it	quotes
present participle	quoting
past tense	quoted
past participle	quoted

1
intransitive/transitive to say or write words that someone else has said or written
Can I quote you on that (=repeat exactly what you have said about something)?
quote from:
She claimed to be quoting from an official report.
quote someone as saying something:
The minister was quoted as saying that he didn’t care about jobs.
Synonyms and related words
To say something again, or to repeat someone else’s words
repeat
paraphrase
quote
2
transitive to give something as an example to support what you are saying
He quoted the example of a 40-year-old man who has been waiting nearly two years for an operation.
Synonyms and related words
To mention something, or to be mentioned
mention
refer to
invoke
3
transitive to tell someone what price you would charge them to do a particular piece of work
quote for:
How much did they quote for the job?
quote someone something:
They quoted us £500 to replace the whole window.
Synonyms and related words
Setting, controlling and changing prices and costs
bargain
beat down
bottom out

phrases

quote...unquote

quote unquote

quote

verb

US /kwoʊt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	quote
he/she/it	quotes
present participle	quoting
past tense	quoted
past participle	quoted

1
intransitive/transitive to say or write words that someone else has said or written
Can I quote you on that (=repeat exactly what you have said about something)?
quote someone as saying something:
The official was quoted as saying that he didn’t care about jobs.
quote from:
She claimed to be quoting from an official report.
Synonyms and related words
To say something again, or to repeat someone else’s words
repeat
paraphrase
quote
2
transitive to tell someone what price you would charge them to do a particular piece of work
quote someone something:
They quoted us $500 to replace the whole window.
quote for:
How much did they quote for the job?
Synonyms and related words
Setting, controlling and changing prices and costs
appraise
bargain
beat down
3
transitive to give something as an example to support what you are saying
He quoted the example of a 40-year-old man who has been waiting nearly two years for an operation.
Synonyms and related words
To mention something, or to be mentioned
mention
refer to
invoke

phrases

quote...unquote

quote unquote

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