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mean.ing5mi:7nINnThe meaning of something is what it expresses or represents.含义，意思The word 'flight'has two different meanings: a plane journey, and the act of running away. [C] Flight有两个解释: 飞行和逃跑。People have to discover or learn acceptable meanings for the symbols of their language when they are children. [C]人们在儿童时期就必须发现或掌握其语言符号的普遍含义。The author was talking on television about the real meaning of the play. [C]作者正在电视上谈论那部戏剧的真实含义。The full meaning of his enquiry didn't become clear till later. [U]他查问的全部意思直到后来才表露无疑。It wasn't obvious at first glance, but his paintings had (a) hidden meaning. [C/U]他的画寓意深刻，乍一看时并不明显。(esp. humorous) "This place, " said Mr. Reed looking at the palace, "gives the phrase 'detached housing'(a) new meaning (= adds to or changes the meaning you knew)." [C/U]“这个地方，”里德先生边看边说，“赋予‘独立式住宅’以新的涵义。”(esp. humorous) If you take my meaning is used to suggest that what you are saying can be understood in an additional way.你懂我的意思When he started dancing on the table I'm sure he wasn't altogether sober, if you take my meaning (= he was drunk).他一在桌上跳舞，我就肯定他不清醒了，你懂我的意思。
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