denotation

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

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.

词的内涵和外延。

The intension and extension of a word

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

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

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.