Word · Frequency #454
letter
用字母书写或印刷
set down or print with letters
- 1.
win an athletic letter
赢得运动字母奖
- 2.
set down or print with letters
用字母书写或印刷
- 3.
mark letters on or mark with letters
在...上印字母或用字母标记
在…上标字母；用字母作标记；赢得校队荣誉标志；赢得运动字母奖；在...上印字母或用字母标记；写字母于
In use
He carefully lettered the sign with a brush.
She is lettering the cover of the book.
They lettered their names on the wall.
letter sth (with sth)
常用于被动语态，如 The box was lettered with the company name.
She lettered the sign with gold paint.
她用金色颜料在标牌上写字。
letter sth on sth
He lettered his name on the notebook.
他在笔记本上写了自己的名字。
Verb forms
base letter · third person letters · -ing lettering · past lettered · past participle lettered
动词letter是规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed，现在分词加-ing。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- letter in [sport]
- 在（某项运动）中赢得校队字母荣誉标志
- He lettered in three sports in high school.他高中时在三个运动项目中赢得了校队字母荣誉标志。
- letter a sign
- 在标牌上写（或印）字
- She lettered a sign for the school play.她为学校话剧写了一个标牌。
- letter by hand
- 手工（工整地）书写字母
- The wedding invitations were lettered by hand.婚礼请柬是手工书写的。
- lettered in gold
- 用金字烫印
- The cover of the book was lettered in gold.这本书的封面烫着金字。
- letter with a stencil
- 用模板印刷字母
- The boxes were lettered with a stencil.这些箱子是用模板印字的。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“letter”本义是字母或信：动词就是把字母写/印上去；校队获奖徽章也是把首字母letter缝在队服上。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：US school sports、printing and labeling 作为动词，letter 的语域随用法而变化：美国校园体育中多用于指获得校队字母奖，较口语化；在书写、印刷或标示物品时则偏中性或正式。通常需根据具体搭配和语境判断。
Grammar Note
及物/不及物均可
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 letter 真正押韵的有 better、setter、wetter，以及拼写为 -tor 但读音相同的 debtor（b 不发音）。注意 later（/ˈleɪtɚ/）只是形似，元音不同，不押韵；美语中 letter 常读作 /ˈlɛt̬ɚ/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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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