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signify

/sig-nuh-fahy/US // ˈsɪg nəˌfaɪ //UK // (ˈsɪɡnɪˌfaɪ) //

标志着,意味着,象征着

Related Words

represent代表,代表着,表示,体现在add up to加起来就是,加起来有,加起来是,加起来就有suggest建议,暗示,提出建议,提议spell咒语,拼写,咒骂,拼字portend预示着,预报,预告,预示imply意味着,暗示,暗示着,暗指manifest彰显,体现在,体现,表现convey输送,运送,输送带,输送机bespeak说话,说出,说,说道symbolize象征,标志着,象征着,标志stand for代表着,代表,象征着,主张proclaim宣扬,宣称,宣布,宣告mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是exhibit展览,展品,展出,展现show显示,展示,显示出,表明sign签名,符号,标志,签署denote表示,表示为,表示的是,记为evince唤醒,唤起,唤回,唤起人们的兴趣carry携带,搬运,携带物品,运送connote涵义,注释,注解,涵养

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sig·ni·fied, sig·ni·fy·ing.

    • : to make known by signs, speech, or action.
    • : to be a sign of; mean; portend.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sig·ni·fied, sig·ni·fy·ing.

    • : to be of importance or consequence.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmean, indicate
Forms: signified, signifies, signifying
Synonyms
add up to加起来就是,加起来有,加起来是,加起来就有bespeak说话,说出,说,说道convey输送,运送,输送带,输送机imply意味着,暗示,暗示着,暗指manifest彰显,体现在,体现,表现portend预示着,预报,预告,预示proclaim宣扬,宣称,宣布,宣告represent代表,代表着,表示,体现在spell咒语,拼写,咒骂,拼字stand for代表着,代表,象征着,主张suggest建议,暗示,提出建议,提议symbolize象征,标志着,象征着,标志announce宣布,公布,通报,布告bear承担,忍受,负担,担当betoken预示着,预示,预言,预言家carry携带,搬运,携带物品,运送communicate传达,传达信息,传递,传达意见connote涵义,注释,注解,涵养denote表示,表示为,表示的是,记为disclose披露,公开,揭露,透露evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明evince唤醒,唤起,唤回,唤起人们的兴趣exhibit展览,展品,展出,展现express表示flash闪光,闪存,闪现,闪电import进口,输入,入口,进口产品insinuate含沙射影,影射,隐含,暗示intend准备,打算,意图,准备好了intimate亲切,亲切的,亲近,亲近的matter问题,事情,事态,事项purport旨意,旨趣,恉,旨语show显示,展示,显示出,表明sign签名,符号,标志,签署talk说话,谈话,谈,谈论tell告知,讲述,告诫,告知对方wink眨眼,眨眼睛,挤眉弄眼,眨眼间be a sign of标志着,预示着,是一个标志,表示
verbbe of importance
Forms: signified, signifies, signifying
Synonyms
mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是count数,计算,数数,计数import进口,输入,入口,进口产品matter问题,事情,事态,事项weigh衡量,称重,称量,秤量be of consequence事关重大,当事人,有关系的,有关系be of significance有意义,有意义的,意义重大,具有重要意义carry weight载重,承载重量,负重,携带重量

Examples

  • The five stripe design was inspired by the owner’s cat, and is meant to signify her claws.

  • If successful, it would signify a major technical breakthrough.

  • Such algorithms could be applied to streams of data collected over time to pinpoint correlations of information that signify the emergence of individuals.

  • If that’s the case, an ability to communicate may signify an ability to self-annihilate.

  • The shift to short-term goals signifies that companies intend to minimize the influence of quarantine on their key business performance indicators.

  • Visitors are greeted by a looming gothic gate, the kind used to signify that important residents lie behind its spires.

  • These days the charts are full of pop singers who spill their guts and pop songs that tell us what they're supposed to signify.

  • In other words, the important thing about the Yellow King and Carcosa isn't what they signify to Reggie Ledoux.

  • In Germany, red threads signify a through line to your life, a theme you return to again and again.

  • If the Iranians do actually accept the additional protocol, it will signify a major breakthrough.

  • Such an invitation, addressed either to an intimate friend or mere acquaintance, will signify full dress.

  • What different things do the same words signify at different times!

  • The prophet is commanded again to love an adulteress; to signify God's love to the synagogue.

  • Hence also the word was particularly used to signify any complaint or lament, or a chant at the burial-service.

  • Though her heart and head beat almost to bursting, what did it signify if she could but overtake the carriage?

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