salutation
/sæljuːˈteɪʃən/noun
1- a gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgement of another's arrival or departure招呼, 致意; 致意的动作; 打招呼的话; 问候：
we greeted them but no one returned our salutations
我们跟他们打招呼但是他们没有回礼
mass noun he raised his glass in salutation.他举杯致意。
1.1
- a standard formula of words used in a letter to address the person being written to（书信开头的）称呼语。
派生词
salutational
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin salutatio（n-）, from salutare 'pay one's respects to' （see SALUTE）.