| 词汇 | letter |
| 释义 | letter noun[ C ] uk /ˈlet.ər/ us /ˈlet̬.ɚ/ letternoun[C] (MESSAGE)A1 a written message from one person to another, usually put in an envelope and sent by post: I got a letter from the bank this morning. Synonyms communicationformal dispatch epistleformal message(INFORMATION) missive He read her letter aloud to the rest of the family.他把她的信大声读给家人听。 I folded the letter in half and put it in an envelope.我把信对折后装进一个信封里。 We try to answer readers' letters as promptly as we can. In those days people used to write a lot more letters.过去人们写信要多得多。 I had a lovely, long, chatty letter from my friend this morning. Letters, notes and cards aerogramme air letter billet-doux chain letter Christmas card correspondence get-well card greetings card handbill hate mail invitation junk mail place card poison-pen letter postcard PPS PS rejection round robin wire letternoun[C] (SYMBOL)A2 any of the set of symbols used to write a language, representing a sound in the language: the letter D the letter of the lawformal the exact words of the law and not its more important general meaning: She abided by the letter of the law, but not the spirit of the law. What letter does it start with? How many letters are there in the alphabet? Z is the last letter of the alphabet. Our names all start with the letter P. Letter S is the longest letter in the English dictionary. Lettering & alphabets all caps alphabet alphabetical alphabetically ascender Braillist camel case hieroglyph ideogram IPA Latinize Latinized multi-character non-phonetic notation paleographical roman stenography title case tittle letternoun[C] (PRIZE)US a prize in the shape of the first letter of the name of a high school or university, given to a student for achievement in sport and sometimes other activities, and often worn on a special jacket or sweater: A naturally gifted athlete, he earned four letters in basketball and two more in baseball at high school. Her mission was to win a letter in basketball by the time she was a senior in high school. She won a letter in tennis at the university. Students receive 5 points for an award received in the activity, like an athletic letter or a writing prize. He earned seven varsity letters: four in wrestling and three in athletics. Prizes, rewards and medals (the/a pot of gold at) the end of the rainbowidiom Academy Award award bemedalled blue ribbon booby prize bronze crown gong grab bag Grammy hand something out honour platinum disc prize Pulitzer Prize Purple Heart rainbow stake the golden boot Idiomto the letter letter adjective[ before noun ] USuk /ˈlet.ər/ us /ˈlet̬.ɚ/ used to refer to a standard size of paper in the US, 8.5 inches by 11 inches: Fliers are usually printed either on letter size or legal size paper. Publishing: paper & stationery A3 A5 acid-free assembler backspace ballpoint pen chalk fountain pen gift wrap grammage hanging chad head-up display notepad propelling pencil pulp quill quire qwerty ream vellum You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Mass, area, weight & volume in general letter verb[ I ] USuk /ˈlet.ər/ us /ˈlet̬.ɚ/ If a student letters in a particular sport, they are given a prize for achievement in sport in the shape of the first letter of the name of their high school or university, which is often worn on a special jacket or sweater: She lettered in five varsity sports in high school. Twelve juniors lettered for the Tigers last season. She was president of her high school class all four years and lettered in several sports. He was the first UCLA student to letter in four sports (baseball, football, basketball, and athletics) in a single year. She was a three-sport star, lettering in football, tennis, and basketball. Prizes, rewards and medals (the/a pot of gold at) the end of the rainbowidiom Academy Award award bemedalled blue ribbon booby prize bronze crown gong grab bag Grammy hand something out honour platinum disc prize Pulitzer Prize Purple Heart rainbow stake the golden boot letter | American Dictionaryletter noun[ C ] us/ˈlet̬·ər/ letternoun[C] (MESSAGE)a written or printed message from one person to another, usually put in an envelope and delivered as mail: I got a letter from the bank this morning. letternoun[C] (SYMBOL)any of the set of symbols used to write a language, in many languages, representing a sound in the language: She wrote her name on the board in large letters. letter | Business Englishletter noun[ C ] uk /ˈletər/us COMMUNICATIONS a written message from one person to another, usually put in an envelope and sent by mail: by letterYou will receive an acknowledgement by letter. get/receive a letter (from sb)I got a letter from my lawyer this morning. deliver/post/send a letterI sent a letter about the problem to HQ last week. draft/write/sign a letterThe letter was signed by the managing director. reply to/acknowledge/answer a letterI wrote to the company but they did not even acknowledge my letter. a confirmation/rejection/warning letterYou will receive a confirmation letter within 10 working days. an accompanying/a covering letterPlease find enclosed my CV and a covering letter. a formal/an informal letterHe wrote a formal letter of resignation. The letter was addressed to John Clarke. a letter dated 3rd March 2010 any of the set of symbols used to write a language, representing a sound in the language: the letter D an upper-case/lower-case letter (= A/a or B/b) the letter of the lawformal LAW the exact words of a law and not its more important general meaning: The bank was operating within the letter of the law. to the letter if you obey instructions or rules to the letter, you do exactly what you have been told to do, giving great attention to every detail: I followed the instructions to the letter and it still went wrong. See alsoallocation letter application letter appointment letter bank authorization letter commitment letter covering letter cover letter credit dispute letter engagement letter form letter letter of comfort regret letter letter adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈletər/us US → letter-size Examples of letterletter Let us explore the figures and the letters, as morphemes-and-graphemes of sense, visual text. He went on to give examples, adding to those he had discussed in previous letters. Does the fact that letters precede mimesis make them an exception to its order? In the text the closing reference to "dead letters" can be read as preceding both specular and figurative models. In the accidental juxtaposition of these two letters, an important connection may stand revealed. One-half of the pairs were identical, and one-half were different because of a change in one of the letters or line segments. Without a fixed standard of pronunciation, people before the introduction of letters pronounced their words in innumerably different ways. Other letters were written by pastors sent out in response to such requests, reporting their progress and appealing for further help. By late summer 1798, he had found enough letters to make a prominent feature of them in the edition. There were seventeen, none of which had ever been published before; they comprised the largest single collection of the poet's letters he would ever find. The second volume, however, had a number of letters as well as an unfinished play to make the required length. Initially, an entry in a reading lexicon which matches the sequence of letters that one has detected is located. Another patient could name letters but could not sound them out, suggesting a problem at the level of grapheme to phoneme assignment. The letters are first" parsed" into their appropriate graphemic units. The editor reserves the right to shorten letters. See all examples of letter These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withletterletterThese are words often used in combination with letter. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. angry letter I have not had one single angryletter, or not angryletter, from any organisation about my amendments since they were tabled, which was quite a long time ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 anonymous letter Any anonymousletter had to be examined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 bold letters The most important addition is the insertion of short highlights and conclusions in bold letters throughout the text, on almost every page. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with letter |
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