英語單詞

letter是什么意思

letter

英 ['let?] 美 ['l?t?]
  • n. 信;字母,文字;證書;文學,學問;字面意義
  • vt. 寫字母于
  • vi. 寫印刷體字母
  • n. (Letter)人名;(英)萊特

中文詞源


letter 信,字母

來自拉丁語litera,字母,文字,詞源同literal.引申詞義信件。

英文詞源


letter
letter: [13] The distant ancestry of the word letter has never been satisfactorily explained. One possible candidate as a source that has been put forward is Greek diphthérai ‘writing tablets’. But the earliest precursor that can be positively identified is Latin littera. This meant ‘alphabetic symbol’, or in the plural ‘document’ and ‘epistle’. English acquired it via Old French lettre. Also from Latin littera are English literature and obliterate [16], which means etymologically ‘remove letters’.
=> literature, obliterate
letter (n.1)
c. 1200, "graphic symbol, alphabetic sign, written character," from Old French letre (10c., Modern French lettre) "character, letter; missive, note," in plural, "literature, writing, learning," from Latin littera (also litera) "letter of the alphabet," of uncertain origin, perhaps via Etruscan from Greek diphthera "tablet," with change of d- to l- as in lachrymose. In this sense it replaced Old English bocst?f, literally "book staff" (compare German Buchstabe "letter, character," from Old High German buohstab, from Proto-Germanic *bok-staba-m).

Latin littera also meant "a writing, document, record," and in plural litter? "a letter, epistle," a sense first attested in English early 13c., replacing Old English ?rendgewrit, literally "errand-writing." The Latin plural also meant "literature, books," and figuratively "learning, liberal education, schooling" (see letters). School letter in sports, attested by 1908, were said to have been first awarded by University of Chicago football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg. Expression to the letter "precisely" is from 1520s (earlier as after the letter). Letter-perfect is from 1845, originally in theater jargon, in reference to an actor knowing the lines exactly. Letter-press, in reference to matter printed from relief surfaces, is from 1840.
letter (v.)
"to write in letters," 1660s, from letter (n.1). Earlier it meant "to instruct" (mid-15c.). Related: Lettered; lettering.
letter (n.2)
"one who lets" in any sense, c. 1400, agent noun from let (v.).

雙語例句


1. The letter merely restated the law of the land.
這封信只不過重復了一下土地法。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.
信寫得很短——只是簡單地說了一下他們的問題。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The things that stuck out were his cockiness and his four-letter words.
與眾不同之處在于他的驕傲自大和滿嘴臟話。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The letter showed horribly clearly the workings of a twisted mind.
那封信非常清楚地表明了一個變態者的思維方式。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The spokesman said the tone of the letter was very friendly.
發言人說信函的語氣非常友好。

來自柯林斯例句

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