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- the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work标题, 题目：
the author and title of the book.
作者与书名。
1.1
- a caption or credit in a film or broadcast（电影、电视的）字幕。
1.2
- a book, magazine, or newspaper considered as a publication（书、刊、报纸的）一种; 一本：
the company publishes 400 titles a year.
公司一年出版400种书刊。
2
- a name that describes someone's position or job职称; 职务：
Leese assumed the title of director-general.
利斯担任局长职务。
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- a word such as Lord or Dame that is used before someone's name, or a form that is used instead of someone's name, to indicate high social or official rank贵族（或高官）头衔（如老爷、夫人等）：
he will inherit the title of Duke of Marlborough.
他将继承马尔伯勒公爵这个头衔。
2.2
- a word such as Mrs or Dr that is used before someone's name to indicate their profession or marital status（表职业或婚姻状况的）头衔; 称呼。
2.3
- a descriptive or distinctive name that is earned or chosen称号：
the restaurant deserved the title of Best Restaurant of the Year.
这家饭店配得上“年度最佳饭店”这一称号。
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- the position of being the champion of a major sports competition第一名, 冠军：
Davis won the world title for the first time in 1981.
戴维斯于1981年首次获得世界冠军。
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- mass noun Law a right or claim to the ownership of property or to a rank or throne【律】所有权：
a grocery family had title to the property
一个经营食品杂货的家庭拥有这份财产的所有权
count noun the buyer acquires a good title to the goods.买方获得这些物品无可争议的所有权。
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- (in church use) a fixed sphere of work and source of income as a condition for ordination（教会用语）就任圣职需具备的资格。
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- a parish church in Rome under a cardinal（罗马红衣主教下辖的）教区; 教堂。
with obj. and complement(一般作be titled)
- give a name to (a book, composition, or other work)给（书、作文或其他作品）加标题（或题目）：
a report titled The Lost Land.
一篇题为《失去的土地》的报告。
词源
Old English titul, reinforced by Old French title, both from Latin titulus 'inscription， title'. The word originally denoted a placard or inscription placed on an object， giving information about it， hence a descriptive heading in a book or other composition.