字母英文letter

letter

英 [ˈletə(r)]   美 [ˈletər]

n.

信;函;字母;(缝制在运动服上的)校运动队字母标志

v.

用字母标明(于清单等上);把字母印刷(或缝制等)于;领取到学校运动队布制字母标志

第三人称单数： letters复数： letters现在分词： lettering过去式： lettered过去分词： lettered

noun

1

信；函a message that is written down or printed on paper and usually put in an envelope and sent to sb

a business/thank-you, etc. letter

商业信函、感谢信等

a letter of complaint

投诉书

(BrE) to post a letter

寄信

(NAmE) to mail a letter

寄信

There's a letter for you from your mother.

有你母亲的一封来信。

You will be notified by letter .

将用信函通知你。

【帮助说明】 You will find compounds ending in letter at their place in the alphabet. 以letter结尾的复合词可在各字母中适当的位置查到。

2

字母a written or printed sign representing a sound used in speech

‘B’ is the second letter of the alphabet.

b是字母表的第二个字母。

Write your name in capital/block letters .

用大写字母书写姓名。

3

(NAmE) （缝制在运动服上的）校运动队字母标志a sign in the shape of a letter that is sewn onto clothes to show that a person plays in a school or college sports team

习语

the letter of the law

(often disapproving) 法律（或法规）的准确字面意义the exact words of a law or rule rather than its general meaning

They insist on sticking to the letter of the law.

他们坚持严守法律的字面意义。

to the letter

丝毫不差；不折不扣；精确地doing/following exactly what sb/sth says, paying attention to every detail

I followed your instructions to the letter.

我是严格遵照你的指示办的。

verb

1

[usually passive] 用字母标明（于清单等上）to give a letter to sth as part of a series or list

[VN-N] the stars lettered Alpha and Beta

以α和β命名的星

[also VN]

2

[VN] [usually passive] ~ sth (in sth)

把字母印刷（或缝制等）于to print, paint, sew, etc. letters onto sth

a black banner lettered in white

印有白色字母的黑色横幅

3

[V] (NAmE) 领取到学校运动队布制字母标志to receive a letter made of cloth that you sew onto your clothes for playing in a school or college sports team

百度翻译对原文进行调整，例句发音部分来自牛津

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