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vocable

/voh-kuh-buhl/US // ˈvoʊ kə bəl //UK // (ˈvəʊkəbəl) //

词汇,语气词,词汇量,词语

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a word; term; name.
    • : a word considered only as a combination of certain sounds or letters, without regard to meaning.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being spoken.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Sometimes he merely alters a letter or two; sometimes he twists off the head or the tail of the unfortunate vocable altogether.

  • Suppose I have an idea to which I give utterance by the vocable 'skrkl,' claiming at the same time that it is true.

  • There was a vocable that occasioned me some perplexity—indeed a haze envelopes it still.

  • A very little would have induced him to fill that empty vocable with a name.

  • The same vocable is preserved to our day in the name borne by one of the provinces of Persia, Khouzistan.