Word
ideographs
noun
表意文字；表意符号
ideographs is the plural of ideograph.
核心释义
ideogram; a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it
- 1.
同 ideogram
Synonym of ideogram.
- 2.
指示事物含义而不表示其读音的图形字符
a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it
同 ideogram；指示事物含义而不表示其读音的图形字符；表意文字
用法In use
When my friend first saw the Chinese character for 'fire', she guessed it was an ideograph because the shape reminded her of flames.
用法提示：ideograph 作名词，意为“表意文字”，在句中作表语，说明“火”字属于这类符号。
Ancient scripts often used ideographs, and each symbol represented a whole idea rather than a single sound.
用法提示：ideographs 是 ideograph 的复数名词形式，在句中作 used 的宾语，指“表意符号”。
The museum label explained that this ideograph means 'water' and is drawn like flowing waves.
用法提示：ideograph 作名词，在句中作主语，指具体的“表意文字”，与后面的 means 搭配说明其含义。
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