la·bel

noun

OPAL WOPAL S

/ˈleɪbl/

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a piece of paper, etc. that is attached to something and that gives information about it标签；签条；标记 synonym tag, ticket
- Always read the label carefully.务必仔细阅读标签。
- price/address labels价格标签；地址签条
- on a label The washing instructions are on the label.洗涤说明在标签上。
Synonyms label
labeltag ▪ stickerThese are all words for a piece of paper, cloth or plastic that is attached to something and gives information about it.
label a small piece of paper, cloth or plastic that is attached to something in order to show what it is or give information about it:
The washing instructions are on the label.洗涤说明在标签上。
address labels 地址签条
tag (often used in compounds) a small piece of paper, cloth or plastic that is attached to something, or that somebody wears, in order to give information about it/them:
Everyone at the conference had to wear a name tag.所有与会者必须佩戴名牌。
label or tag?Labels in clothes are usually made of cloth and sewn in. Tags on clothes are usually made of card and cut off before you wear the clothes. A name tag can be stuck or tied onto somebody to show who they are: All babies in the hospital have name tags tied round their ankles. Price tag is much more frequent than price label and is used for both literal and figurative meanings: What does the price tag say? • There is a £20 million price tag on the team’s star player. A label can also be a sticker that you put on an envelope. sticker a sticky label with a picture or message on it, that you stick on to something.Patterns
- a price label/tag/sticker
- to have a label/tag/sticker
- to attach/put on/stick on a label/tag/sticker
- The label/tag/sticker says…
see also off-label, own-label
Extra Examples
- The label on the bottle listed the ingredients.瓶子上的标签列出了成分。
- It doesn't have a price label on it.这上面没有价格标签。
- She stuck labels on all the jars.她在所有的罐子上都贴了标签。
- The care label says ‘dry-clean only’.使用须知标签上写着“只可干洗”。
- What does it say on the label?标签上写了些什么？
- This program produces address labels from your database.该程序可从你的数据库里调出地址签条。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- adhesive
- sticky
- package
- …
verb + label
- bear
- carry
- have
- …
preposition
- on a/the label
- label on
(disapproving) a word or phrase that is used to describe somebody/something in a way that seems too general, unfair or not correct（不恰当的）称谓，绰号，叫法
- I hated the label ‘housewife’.我不喜欢“家庭主妇”这个称谓。
Extra Examples
- One sometimes feels that the label ‘classic’ is applied to any book that is dull.有时有这样一种感觉，只要是沉闷的书，都被冠上为“经典”作品。
- Why do we need to attach a label to these feelings?我们为什么要给这些感情贴上标签呢？
- He was cruelly given the label ‘Mr Zero’ by the Press.新闻界刻薄地称他为“零度先生”。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- ideological
- party
verb + label
- apply
- assign
- attach
- …
(also designer label)
the name or trademark of a fashion company品牌标签
- today's major fashion labels当今各大时尚品牌
- She plans to launch her own designer clothes label.她想开创自己的时装设计公司。
- He's really fashion-conscious and will only wear labels (= clothes with a designer label).他赶时髦，只穿设计师品牌服装。
see also white labelTopics Clothes and Fashionb1
a company that produces and sells music, CDs, etc.唱片公司
- the Virgin record label维京唱片公司
- It's his first release for a major label.这是他在大唱片公司发行的第一张唱片。
Extra Examples
- The band is hoping to sign with a major label.乐队希望与一家大唱片公司签约。
- The record was produced under the Virgin label.该唱片由维珍唱片公司出品。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- music
- record
- major
- …
verb + label
- launch
- sign to
- sign with
- …
preposition
- under a/the label

Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a narrow strip): from Old French, ‘ribbon’.

la·bel

verb

OPAL WOPAL S

/ˈleɪbl/

[often passive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they label	/ˈleɪbl/ /ˈleɪbl/
he / she / it labels	/ˈleɪblz/ /ˈleɪblz/
past simple labelled	/ˈleɪbld/ /ˈleɪbld/
past participle labelled	/ˈleɪbld/ /ˈleɪbld/
(US English) past simple labeled	/ˈleɪbld/ /ˈleɪbld/
(US English) past participle labeled	/ˈleɪbld/ /ˈleɪbld/
-ing form labelling	/ˈleɪblɪŋ/ /ˈleɪblɪŋ/
(US English) -ing form labeling	/ˈleɪblɪŋ/ /ˈleɪblɪŋ/

to fix a label on something or write information on something贴标签于；用标签标明
- label something Make sure that your luggage is clearly labelled.确保您的行李有清晰的标签。
- label something with something We carefully labelled each item with the contents and the date.我们仔细地把每件物品用标签标明成分和日期。
- label something + adj. The file was labelled ‘Private’.那档案上标明“私人”。
Extra Examples
- Some of the plants were wrongly labelled.一些植物上的标签贴错了。
- The samples were all labelled with a date and place of origin.样品上都标有日期和来源地。
- a pile of small plastic bags, each carefully labelled/labeled.一摞小塑料袋，每个都仔细地用标签标明
- Every box needs to be labelled before it goes into storage.每个盒子在入库之前都需要贴上标签。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- appropriately
- correctly
- properly
- …
preposition
- with
to describe somebody/something in a particular way, especially unfairly（尤指不公正地）把…称为
- label somebody/something (as) something He was labelled (as) a traitor by his former colleagues.他被以前的同事称为叛徒。
- label somebody/something + adj. It is unfair to label a small baby naughty.硬说一个小婴儿淘气是不公平的。
Extra Examples
- It would be easy to label the boys as troublemakers.把这些男孩定性为捣蛋鬼倒是很容易。
- She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers.她不假思索地认定这些男孩子是捣蛋鬼。
- She was falsely labelled/labeled a liar.她被错误地扣上了说谎者的帽子。
- She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- falsely
- automatically
preposition
- as
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Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a narrow strip): from Old French, ‘ribbon’.