| 单词 | connotation |
| 释义 | connotation —connotative /kon"euh tay'tiv, keuh noh"teuh-/, connotive, adj. —connotatively, connotively, adv. /kon'euh tay"sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of connoting. 2. the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of "home" is "a place of warmth, comfort, and affection." Cf. denotation (def. 1). 3. Logic. the set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term and thus determining the range of objects to which that term may be applied; comprehension; intension. [1375-1425 for earlier sense; 1525-35 for current senses; late ME connotacion < ML connotation- (s. of connotatio), equiv. to connotat(us) (ptp. of connotare to CONNOTE; see -ATE1) + -ion- -ION] Syn. 2. undertone, implication, import. |
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