letter

letter的意思

noun

1. a written message addressed to a person or organization

e.g. mailed an indignant letter to the editor

Synonym: missive

2. an award earned by participation in a school sport

e.g. he won letters in three sports

Synonym: varsity letter

3. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech

e.g. his grandmother taught him his letters

Synonym: letter of the alphabetalphabetic character

4. a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)

e.g. he followed instructions to the letter
he obeyed the letter of the law

5. owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire

verb

1. mark letters on or mark with letters

2. set down or print with letters

3. win an athletic letter

1. 信;信函
If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post.

e.g. I had received a letter from a very close friend.
我收到一个很要好的朋友的来信。
e.g. ...a letter of resignation...
辞职信

2. 字母
Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language.

e.g. ...the letters of the alphabet.
字母表中的字母
e.g. ...the letter E.
字母E

3. （校队队衣的）校名首字母标志（以嘉许优秀运动员）
If a student earns a letter in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.

letter什么意思

e.g. Valerie earned letters in three sports: volleyball, basketball, and field hockey.
瓦莱丽在排球、篮球和曲棍球三个项目上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。

4. 赢得佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉
If a student letters in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.

e.g. Burkoth lettered in soccer.
伯考思在足球上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。

5. see also: capital letter;covering letter;dead letter;love letter;newsletter;poison-pen letter

6. （钻）法律字眼
If you say that someone keeps to the letter of the law, you mean that they act according to what is actually written in the law, rather than according to the general principles of it, especially when you disapprove of this.

letter

e.g. They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be ashamed.
他们死抠法律字眼。依我看他们应该感到惭愧。

7. （执行指示）毫厘不爽地，不折不扣地
If you say that someone carries out instructions to the letter, you mean that they do exactly what they are told to do, paying great attention to every detail.

letter

e.g. She obeyed his instructions to the letter.
她分毫不差地遵照他的吩咐去做。

1. 字母：和汉字 (Chinese character) 一样,英文字母表 (alphabet) 中的每个(every) 字母 (letter) 一开始都是描摹某种动物(animal)或物体形状(shape) 的图画,而这些图画最后演变成为符号(symbol).

2. 信：这让我想起一篇短篇小说<>(LETTER)的主人公来,没想到最终自己居然会和他有差不多的命运,不同的只是那个女孩喜欢他,而她对我如何却是个未知数!每每想到此,我便会有一种苦笑不得的感觉. 就这样,一个学期又到了尽头,

3. 文字：在每组标签内可以包含资料或其它是空(empty)标签,只有起始的标签而没有结束的标签,所以称为(datatype),群组(group)与实体(Entity),在XML规范中对於这些物件的命名有在XML 1.0规范中规定文字(Letter)除了包含英文字母外,