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dactylology

/dak-tuh-lol-uh-jee/US // ˌdæk təˈlɒl ə dʒi //UK // (ˌdæktɪˈlɒlədʒɪ) //

句法学,韵律学,双音节学,双音词法

Related Words

manual alphabet手动字母表,手工字母表,手写字母表,手写字母fingerspelling拼写指法,指拼法,指法,指拼signing签署,签约,签字,签名

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dac·ty·lol·o·gies.

    • : the technique of communicating by signs made with the fingers, especially in the manual alphabets used by the deaf.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmanual alphabet
Synonyms
american sign language美国手语,美式手语,美洲手语,美国手势语deaf-and-dumb alphabet聋哑人字母表,聋哑人的字母表,聋哑人的字母,聋哑字母表finger alphabet手指字母表,指形字母表,手指字母,手指拼音字母
as insign language
Synonyms
aslASLamerican sign language美国手语,美式手语,美洲手语,美国手势语chironomy摇摆术,摇摆学,摇摆不定,讽刺deaf-and-dumb alphabet聋哑人字母表,聋哑人的字母表,聋哑人的字母,聋哑字母表finger alphabet手指字母表,指形字母表,手指字母,手指拼音字母fingerspelling拼写指法,指拼法,指法,指拼gesture language手势语言,手势语,姿态语言,手势用语manual alphabet手动字母表,手工字母表,手写字母表,手写字母signing alphabet签署字母表,签名字母表,签名字母,签字字母

Examples

  • So long as this is true, dactylology can hardly claim to be more than one of the elements of a system of instruction for the deaf.

  • By means of it thoughts are exchanged more quickly than by speech or writing—not to mention dactylology, which lags so far behind.

  • They pressed hands at parting, firmly and briefly, not for the ordinary dactylology of lovers, but in sign of the treaty of amity.

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