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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

letter

/let-er/US // ˈlɛt ər //UK // (ˈlɛtə) //

信,函件,信件,信函

Related Words

sign签名,符号,标志,签署memo备忘录memorandum备忘录,备注,记事本,纪念品note备注,注,注意,说明answer答案,答案是,答案是什么report报告,报道,报导,举报reply回复,回答,答复,答问message信息,消息,讯息,留言postcard明信片,明信,明信片上,明卡alphabet字母表,字母,英文字母,按字母顺序排列cap帽子,上限,帽,封顶character特征minuscule微不足道,微不足道的,微乎其微,渺小的capital资本,首府type类型,种类,型majuscule大写字母,大纲,大写,大写的人rune符文,符石,符咒,符码uncial独体字,独角兽,独联体,独角鲸billet钢坯,坯料,方坯,坯件dispatch派遣,派出所,派遣人员,调遣

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
    • : a symbol or character that is conventionally used in writing and printing to represent a speech sound and that is part of an alphabet.
    • : a piece of printing type bearing such a symbol or character.
    • : a particular style of type.
    • : such types collectively.
    • : Often letters. a formal document granting a right or privilege.
    • : actual terms or wording; literal meaning, as distinct from implied meaning or intent: the letter of the law.
    • : letters, literature in general.the profession of literature.learning; knowledge, especially of literature.
    • : an emblem consisting of the initial or monogram of a school, awarded to a student for extracurricular activity, especially in athletics.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to mark or write with letters; inscribe.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to earn a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport: He lettered in track at Harvard.

Phrases

  • letter of the law
  • bread and butter letter
  • crank call (letter)
  • dead letter
  • four-letter word
  • poison-pen letter
  • red-letter day
  • to the letter

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsymbol of an alphabet
Forms: letters
Synonyms
sign签名,符号,标志,签署abcs缩写alphabet字母表,字母,英文字母,按字母顺序排列cap帽子,上限,帽,封顶capital资本,首府character特征majuscule大写字母,大纲,大写,大写的人minuscule微不足道,微不足道的,微乎其微,渺小的rune符文,符石,符咒,符码type类型,种类,型uncial独体字,独角兽,独联体,独角鲸small letter小字母,小信,小字,小字报
nounwritten communication
Forms: letters
Synonyms
answer答案,答案是,答案是什么memo备忘录memorandum备忘录,备注,记事本,纪念品message信息,消息,讯息,留言note备注,注,注意,说明postcard明信片,明信,明信片上,明卡reply回复,回答,答复,答问report报告,报道,报导,举报acknowledgment认可,鸣谢,确认,承认billet钢坯,坯料,方坯,坯件dispatch派遣,派出所,派遣人员,调遣epistle书信,信件,信札,函件kite风筝,纸鸢,纸鹞,纸牌line线,行,路线,线条missive短信,误报,信笺,误传junk mail垃圾邮件,垃圾信thank you谢谢你,谢谢,谢谢您,谢谢你们

Examples

  • She did urge the county to take out SDSU students from the statistics, and they’re going to send a letter to the state asking that the SDSU numbers not be included in the calculation of the county’s tier status.

  • I could name many of them who, for example, organized and signed a letter of support for me in 1991.

  • That’s why Ivan tells Selin that his love for her is “for the person writing your letters.”

  • Let’s get to the letter of the law, as Apple is a stickler for precision when it comes to these rules.

  • Obviously, thankfully, that letter never needed to be opened, but I wrote that letter that tells your loved ones what you want them to know.

  • In memoriam, Parker Molloy writes a powerful letter to Leelah.

  • Your letter highlights so many of the harsh realities trans people face, specifically in regard to how society rejects us.

  • Just a few short years ago, I sat down at my computer, and I typed out a similar goodbye letter.

  • Copies of the letter were sent to senior members of the church hierarchy and to the Soviet government.

  • I have never gotten one letter in my office about one of those.

  • He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.

  • Hoosier hurried on board the boat, and followed Dick's instructions to the letter.

  • A letter from Fajardo to the king (December 10, 1621) concerns various matters of administration and business.

  • How little did he divine that the letter of the doctor was called forth by a communication from the countess-dowager.

  • With this letter is another by the same writer, dated July 30, 1622—a postscript to a duplicate of the preceding letter.

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