1
- a small piece of paper, fabric, plastic, or similar material attached to an object and giving information about it标签, 签条。
1.1
- a piece of fabric sewn inside a garment and bearing the brand name, size, or instructions for care（衣服反面有牌名、尺寸及使用须知等的）标签。
1.2
- the piece of paper in the centre of a gramophone record giving the artist and title（唱片上贴的）标签。
1.3
- a company that produces recorded music唱片公司：
independent labels.
独立唱片公司。
1.4
- the name or trademark of a fashion company时装公司的名称（或商标）：
she plans to launch her own designer clothes label.
她想开创自己的时装设计公司。
1.5
- a classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, especially one that is inaccurate or restrictive（用以描述人或物的）称号; 绰号：
my reluctance to stick a label on myself politically.
我对给自己贴政治标签的不乐意。
1.6
- (in a dictionary entry) a word or words used to specify the subject area, register, or geographical origin of the word being defined词目标注（词典中对词目的学科、语域及地域的出处等所作的简略说明）。
1.7
- Computing a string of characters used to refer to a particular instruction in a program【计算机】标记。
1.8
- Biology & Chemistry a radioactive isotope, fluorescent dye, or enzyme used to make something identifiable for study【生, 化】示踪剂（指放射性同位素、荧光染料或酶, 用于显示物质以便于研究）。
2
- Heraldry a narrow horizontal strip, typically with three downward projections, that is superimposed on a coat of arms by an eldest son during the life of his father【纹章】（由家族中长子佩于臂上的）带垂饰的横带。
(labelled, labelling; <美> labeled, labeling)
1.1
- with obj. attach a label to (something)给…贴标签：
she labelled the parcels neatly, writing the addresses in capital letters.
她利索地把包裹贴上了标签, 用大写字母写上地址。
1.2
- assign to a category, especially inaccurately or restrictively（尤指不确切地或限制性地）把…归类, 把…列为：
people who were labelled as 'mentally handicapped'
被归类为“智力残疾”的人
with obj. and complement the critics labelled him a loser.批评家们给他扣上了失败者的帽子。
1.3
- Biology & Chemistry make (a substance, molecule, or cell) identifiable or traceable by replacing an atom with one of a distinctive radioactive isotope, or by attaching a fluorescent dye, enzyme, or other molecule【生, 化】用示踪剂使（物质, 分子, 细胞）示踪以便于研究。
派生词
labeller
noun词源
Middle English (denoting a narrow strip or band)： from Old French, 'ribbon', probably of Germanic origin and related to LAP1.