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单词 connote
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•note /kəˈnoʊt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -not•ed, -not•ing. 
  1. to carry or suggest a connotation: A fireplace connotes comfort and hospitality.
See -nota-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•note  (kə nōt),USA pronunciation v., -not•ed, -not•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:The word "fireplace'' often connotes hospitality, warm comfort, etc.
  2. to involve as a condition or accompaniment:Injury connotes pain.

v.i. 
  1. to have significance only by association, as with another word:Adjectives can only connote, nouns can denote.
  • Medieval Latin connotāre, equivalent. to Latin con- con- + notāre to note
  • 1645–55
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged intimate, imply.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
connote /kɒˈnəʊt/ vb (tr; often takes a clause as object)
  1. (of a word, phrase, etc) to imply or suggest (associations or ideas) other than the literal meaning: the word "maiden" connotes modesty
  2. to involve as a consequence or condition
Etymology: 17th Century: from Medieval Latin connotāre, from notāre to mark, make a note, from nota mark, sign, note
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