释义 |
symbol/ˈsimb(ə)l/ n. & v.●n. 1 a thing conventionally regarded as typifying, representing, or recalling something, esp. an idea or quality (white is a symbol of purity 白色是纯洁的象征) (尤指表示某种思想或性质的)象征,标志 2 a mark or character taken as the conventional sign of some object, idea, function, or process, e.g. the letters standing for the chemical elements or the characters in musical notation 符号,记号(如化学元素符号或乐谱音符) ●v. tr. (symbolled, symbolling; US [美] symboled, symboling) symbolize 作为…的象征 □ symbology /-ˈbɒlədʒi/ n.[Middle English via Latin symbolum from Greek sumbolon ‘mark, token’ (as SYN-, ballō ‘throw’)] |