1 N-COUNT [oft by NOUN] 信;信函 If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post. 信;信函
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I had received a letter from a very close friend. [+ from]
我收到一个很要好的朋友的来信。
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...a letter of resignation. [+ of]
辞职信
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Our long courtship had been conducted mostly by letter.
我俩长期的恋爱过程基本上靠的是书信。
SYN message, line, answer, note
2 N-COUNT 字母 Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language. 字母
SYN character, mark, sign, symbol
3 N-COUNT (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. (校队队衣的)校名首字母标志(以嘉许优秀运动员) [US] [US]
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Valerie earned letters in three sports: volleyball, basketball, and field hockey. [+ in]
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 VERB 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. 赢得佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉 [US] [US]
5 See also: capital letter covering letter dead letter love letter newsletter poison-pen letter
6 PHRASE [preposition PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] (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. (钻)法律字眼
7 PHRASE (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. (执行指示)毫厘不爽地,不折不扣地
SYN precisely, strictly, literally, exactly
Quotations
Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls John Donne To Sir Henry Wotton
All letters, methinks, should be free and easy as one's discourse, not studied as an oration, not made up of hard words like a charm Dorothy Osborne Letter to William Temple
I have made this [letter] longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter Blaise Pascal Lettres Provinciales
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