ideogram

Word family adjectiveideographicadverbideographicallynounideogramideography

Related topics: Linguistics

id·e·o·gram /ˈɪdiəɡræm/ (also ideograph /-ɡrɑːf $ -ɡræf/) noun [countableC]

SLa written sign, for example in Chinese, that represents an idea or thing rather than the sound of a word 表意文字〔如汉字〕；表意符号 → hieroglyphics

Examples from the Corpus

ideogram• Gorphal picked up the parchment and raised one eyebrow slightly when he saw the familiar ideograms of the Golden Empire.

Origin ideogram

(1800-1900) Greek idea ( → IDEA) + English -gram

单词	ideogram
释义	ideogram Word family adjectiveideographicadverbideographicallynounideogramideography Related topics: Linguistics id·e·o·gram /ˈɪdiəɡræm/ (also ideograph /-ɡrɑːf $ -ɡræf/) noun [countableC] SLa written sign, for example in Chinese, that represents an idea or thing rather than the sound of a word 表意文字〔如汉字〕；表意符号 → hieroglyphics Examples from the Corpus ideogram• Gorphal picked up the parchment and raised one eyebrow slightly when he saw the familiar ideograms of the Golden Empire. Origin ideogram (1800-1900) Greek idea ( → IDEA) + English -gram
随便看	hold-somebody-in-awe hold somebody in check hold somebody in good stead hold somebody in the palm of hand hold somebody in the palm of your hand hold somebody liable hold somebody liable for something hold somebody responsible hold somebody responsible/accountable/liable (for something) hold somebody responsible for something hold somebody/something up as something hold somebody/something ↔ down hold-somebody-to-ransom hold somebody to ransom hold somebody up as something hold something against somebody hold something at arm's length hold something at bay hold something dear hold something down hold something in check hold something in hot little hand hold something in your hot little hand hold something over hold something/somebody dear