Word · Frequency #13599
rune
如尼字母；卢恩字母
a character in the ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages
指古代北欧文字中的字母，非诗歌或神秘记号。
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A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
古代日耳曼民族(尤其是斯堪的纳维亚人和盎格鲁-撒克逊人)书面文字中使用的字母或字符。
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any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages
如尼字母；古代日耳曼字母
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A letter from any visually similar script, such as Hungarian runes (the Old Hungarian script) or Turkic runes (the Old Turkic script).
来自任何视觉上相似文字的字母,如匈牙利如尼文(古匈牙利文)或突厥如尼文(古突厥文)。
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A Finnic or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
芬兰或斯堪的纳维亚史诗,或其一个篇章,尤指《卡勒瓦拉》的篇章。
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A letter or mark used as a mystical or magic symbol.
用作神秘或魔法符号的字母或标记。
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A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
诗句或歌曲,尤指带有神秘或玄妙意味者；咒语或念咒。
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A Unicode code point.
Unicode码点。
古代日耳曼民族(尤其是斯堪的纳维亚人和盎格鲁-撒克逊人)书面文字中使用的字母或字符。；如尼字母；古代日耳曼字母；来自任何视觉上相似文字的字母,如匈牙利如尼文(古匈牙利文)或突厥如尼文(古突厥文)。；芬兰或斯堪的纳维亚史诗,或其一个篇章,尤指《卡勒瓦拉》的篇章。；用作神秘或魔法符号的字母或标记。
In use
The archaeologist carefully copied the rune carved on the ancient stone.
Each rune in the inscription stood for a sound rather than a whole word.
Visitors can see hundreds of runes on display at the museum.
each rune had its own magical significance
a rune
rune 是可数名词，单数形式前需加不定冠词。
A rune is a character from an ancient Germanic alphabet.
如尼字母是古代日耳曼字母表中的一个字符。
runes
复数形式直接加 -s。
The runes on this stone are ancient.
这块石头上的如尼文字很古老。
in runes
Connections
Collocations
- ancient runes
- 古代如尼文字
- The ancient runes were carved on a wooden stick.这些古代如尼文字被刻在一根木棍上。
- carve a rune
- 刻写如尼字母
- He carved a rune on the handle of his axe.他在斧柄上刻了一个如尼字母。
- rune stone
- 如尼石碑
- The rune stone stood near the old church.那块如尼石碑矗立在老教堂附近。
- mysterious runes
- 神秘的如尼记号
- She studied the mysterious runes in the old book.她研究了那本旧书里神秘的如尼记号。
Idioms & figurative uses
- read the runes
- 解读预兆；根据迹象判断（未来）Investors are trying to read the runes before the election.投资者正试图在大选前解读预兆。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
发音近 run（跑），想象古老的石头上刻着奔跑的人形神秘记号——如尼字母。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：historical/linguistic discussions、fantasy literature and games rune 通常指古代北欧使用的如尼字母，多用于历史、语言或奇幻语境；日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 rune 韵脚相同的常见词有 tune、dune、June、prune、spoon（/uːn/）；注意 run 拼写相似但读音为 /rʌn/，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.