Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #47302
denotation
字面意义;外延
核心释义
与内涵或联想意义(connotation)相对
The literal, explicit, or primary meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol; what something explicitly refers to, as opposed to the associations it suggests.
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指示的行为,或指示的东西(如符号)。
The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
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指示符号(如词、短语或符号)的主要、表面、字面或明确意义;与其内涵相对的词的指称;词可以断言的对象的集合或集合。
The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
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词的内涵和外延。
The intension and extension of a word
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被指示或引用的东西;符号的特定意义。
Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
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描述语言表达式意义的任何数学对象,形式化于指称语义理论中。
Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
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分析的第一级:观众在页面上可以直观看到的内容。指称通常指字面上的东西,避免成为隐喻。
A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.
指称行为;指示符号;内涵与外延;指称语义对象;指示的行为,或指示的东西(如符号)。;指示符号(如词、短语或符号)的主要、表面、字面或明确意义;与其内涵相对的词的指称;词可以断言的对象的集合或集合。
用法In use
While the denotation of 'home' is a place where one lives, its connotation often includes warmth and family.
用法提示:denotation 在此句中表示“字面意义”,与 connotation(内涵意义)形成对比。
In semantic analysis, the denotation of a word is its literal dictionary definition.
用法提示:denotation 用于学术语境,指词语的“所指”或“字面含义”。
The word 'snake' has a primary denotation of a long legless reptile, but it can also connote danger or deceit.
用法提示:denotation 指词语最直接、最具体的意义,即字面所指。
the denotation of [noun phrase]
the denotation of the term 'bird' includes all types of birds.
术语'鸟'的指示意义包括所有种类的鸟。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- connotation
- 内涵意义,联想意义 · denotation指字面意义,connotation指联想意义
- denote
- 表示,指示 · denotation是名词表示‘字面意义’,denote是动词表示‘表示’
词族Word family
- denote
- 表示;意指 · de- + note
- denotative
- 指示的;外延的(指字面意义) · denote + -ative
学习提示Learner notes
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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