| 单词 | letter |
| 释义 | letter (once / 17 pages) 1n 2nv 3n 4nv A letter is one of the characters that make up the alphabet. When a child first learns to write, she often starts with the letters in her name. Then she can write a message, or letter, to her grandmother. The alphabet begins with the letters a, b, c, d. These are written as capital letters when they appear at the start of a sentence or a proper noun, such as a person's name. Another letter is the kind you write and send to someone through the mail. Letter comes from the Old French letre, "character, letter, or note," from the Latin littera, "letter of the alphabet," and also "a writing or document." WORD FAMILYletter: lettered, letterer, lettering, letters+/lettered: unlettered/letterer: letterers/lettering: letterings USAGE EXAMPLESFederal officials warned the state’s education department in a June letter that they plan to monitor more closely which states comply with the new guidelines. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) They mailed 360 letters to residents, explained the plans and asked for input. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) On Monday, the Vatican released the text of a letter that Francis sent last week to bishops about injustices to children. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n a written message addressed to a person or organization 2mailed an indignant letter to the editor Syn|Hypo|Hyper missive business letter a letter dealing with business cover letter, covering lettera letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information crank lettera hostile (usually anonymous) letter encyclical, encyclical lettera letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world fan lettera letter that is a piece of fan mail personal lettera letter dealing with personal affairs form lettera letter that is printed in multiple copies and mailed to a list of recipients open lettera letter of protest; addressed to one person but intended for the general public chain lettera letter that is sent successively to several people pastorala letter from a pastor to the congregation round robina letter signed by a number of people aerogram, aerogramme, air letter, airmail lettera letter sent by air mail epistlea specially long, formal letter dead letter, dead mailmail that can neither be delivered nor returned letter of intentany letter expressing an intention to take (or forgo) some action invitationa request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something billet, line, note, short lettera short personal letter billet doux, love lettera personal letter to a loved one expressing affection bidding, summonsa request to be present invitea colloquial expression for invitation investment lettera letter of intent saying that a letter security is being bought for investment and not for resale; avoids need for SEC registration document anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks text, textual matterthe words of something written 1n the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech his grandmother taught him his letters Syn|Hypo|Hyper alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet ascender a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters descendera lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters digram, digraphtwo successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe') initialthe first letter of a word (especially a person's name) A, athe 1st letter of the Roman alphabet B, bthe 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet C, cthe 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet D, dthe 4th letter of the Roman alphabet E, ethe 5th letter of the Roman alphabet F, fthe 6th letter of the Roman alphabet G, gthe 7th letter of the Roman alphabet H, hthe 8th letter of the Roman alphabet I, ithe 9th letter of the Roman alphabet J, jthe 10th letter of the Roman alphabet K, kthe 11th letter of the Roman alphabet L, lthe 12th letter of the Roman alphabet M, mthe 13th letter of the Roman alphabet N, nthe 14th letter of the Roman alphabet O, othe 15th letter of the Roman alphabet P, pthe 16th letter of the Roman alphabet Q, qthe 17th letter of the Roman alphabet R, rthe 18th letter of the Roman alphabet S, sthe 19th letter of the Roman alphabet T, tthe 20th letter of the Roman alphabet U, uthe 21st letter of the Roman alphabet V, vthe 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet W, double-u, wthe 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet X, ex, xthe 24th letter of the Roman alphabet Y, wye, ythe 25th letter of the Roman alphabet Z, ezed, izzard, z, zed, zeethe 26th letter of the Roman alphabet alphathe 1st letter of the Greek alphabet betathe 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet gammathe 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet deltathe 4th letter of the Greek alphabet epsilonthe 5th letter of the Greek alphabet zetathe 6th letter of the Greek alphabet etathe 7th letter of the Greek alphabet thetathe 8th letter of the Greek alphabet iotathe 9th letter of the Greek alphabet kappathe 10th letter of the Greek alphabet lambdathe 11th letter of the Greek alphabet muthe 12th letter of the Greek alphabet nuthe 13th letter of the Greek alphabet xithe 14th letter of the Greek alphabet omicronthe 15th letter of the Greek alphabet pithe 16th letter of the Greek alphabet rhothe 17th letter of the Greek alphabet sigmathe 18th letter of the Greek alphabet tauthe 19th letter of the Greek alphabet upsilonthe 20th letter of the Greek alphabet phithe 21st letter of the Greek alphabet chi, khithe 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet psithe 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet omegathe last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet alephthe 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet beththe 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet gimelthe 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet daleththe 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet hethe 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet wawthe 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet zayinthe 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet heththe 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet teththe 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet yodhthe 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet kaphthe 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet lamedhthe 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet memthe 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet nunthe 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet samekhthe 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet ayinthe 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet pethe 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet sadhethe 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet qophthe 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet reshthe 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet sinthe 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet shinthe 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet tawthe 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet polyphone, polyphonic lettera letter that has two or more pronunciations block capital, block lettera plain hand-drawn letter vowela letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel consonanta letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant vowel pointa mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel character, grapheme, graphic symbol a written symbol that is used to represent speech 2n a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention) he followed instructions to the letter he obeyed the letter of the law Hyper literal interpretation an interpretation based on the exact wording 3v mark letters on or mark with letters Hyper write mark or trace on a surface 4v set down or print with letters 3Hyper impress, print reproduce by printing n owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire 4Hyper owner, proprietor (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business 1n an award earned by participation in a school sport he won letters in three sports Syn|Hyper varsity letter accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction 2v win an athletic letter Hyper earn, garner acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions |
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