denote
英 [dɪˈnəʊt]
美 [dɪˈnoʊt]
v. 标志; 预示; 象征; 表示; 意指
第三人称单数：denotes 过去分词：denoted 现在分词：denoting 过去式：denoted
Collins.1 / BNC.6148 / COCA.9748
同义词辨析
meanv. 表示…的意思，意思是
〔辨析〕
普通用词，用于指出事物的具体含义。
〔例证〕
What does 'rock' mean? rock
是什么意思？
The green light means 'Go'.
绿灯表示“行”。
This arrow means that you should go straight ahead.
这个箭头表示你应该一直往前走。
是什么意思？
The green light means 'Go'.
绿灯表示“行”。
This arrow means that you should go straight ahead.
这个箭头表示你应该一直往前走。
denotev. 〈正式〉表示，指示
〔辨析〕
常表示某个词的字面含义或某个符号、迹象的意义。
〔例证〕
What does the word 'measure' denote that 'method' does not?
measure一词表示的含义中哪些是method所不包含的？
The colour red is usually used to denote passion or danger.
红色通常用于表示激情或危险。
What do the circles denote on the map?
地图上的圆圈代表什么？
measure一词表示的含义中哪些是method所不包含的？
The colour red is usually used to denote passion or danger.
红色通常用于表示激情或危险。
What do the circles denote on the map?
地图上的圆圈代表什么？
expressv. 表达，表述
〔辨析〕
主要指通过语言、表情、动作等表达想法、感情等。
〔例证〕
Why did he refuse to express his opinions?
为什么他拒绝表达自己的观点？
She expressed an interest in visiting the museum.
她表示有兴趣参观博物馆。
Her mother's eyes expressed deep sadness.
她母亲的眼中流露出深切的悲伤。
Words cannot express how excited we are.
言语无法形容我们有多么激动。
为什么他拒绝表达自己的观点？
She expressed an interest in visiting the museum.
她表示有兴趣参观博物馆。
Her mother's eyes expressed deep sadness.
她母亲的眼中流露出深切的悲伤。
Words cannot express how excited we are.
言语无法形容我们有多么激动。
牛津词典
verb
- 标志；预示；象征
to be a sign of sth- A very high temperature often denotes a serious illness.
高烧常常说明病得很重。
- A very high temperature often denotes a serious illness.
- 表示；意指
to mean sth- In this example ‘X’ denotes the time taken and ‘Y’ denotes the distance covered.
在这个例子中，X表示所用的时间，Y表示所行的距离。 - The red triangle denotes danger.
红色三角形表示危险。 - Here ‘family’ denotes mother, father and children.
此处的family指母亲、父亲和孩子。
- In this example ‘X’ denotes the time taken and ‘Y’ denotes the distance covered.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 预示;是…的征兆;表示;是…的标志
If one thingdenotesanother, it is a sign or indication of it.- Red eyes denote strain and fatigue...
眼睛充血表明压力过大、身心疲惫。 - There was a message waiting, denoting that someone had been here ahead of her.
有了一条留言，这表示有人已先于她到了这儿。
- Red eyes denote strain and fatigue...
- VERB （符号等）代表，是…的标记
What a symboldenotesis what it represents.- In figure 24 'D' denotes quantity demanded and 'S' denotes quantity supplied.
在图 24 中，D 代表需求量而 S 代表供应量。
- In figure 24 'D' denotes quantity demanded and 'S' denotes quantity supplied.
- VERB 意思是;指代
What a word or namedenotesis what it means or refers to.- In the Middle Ages the term 'drab' denoted a very simple type of woollen cloth which was used by peasants to make their clothes.
中世纪时，drab（“本色布”）一词指的是一种农民用来制衣的非常普通的羊毛织物。
- In the Middle Ages the term 'drab' denoted a very simple type of woollen cloth which was used by peasants to make their clothes.
英英释义
verb
- have as a meaning
- `multi-' denotes `many'
- be a sign or indication of
- Her smile denoted that she agreed
- make known
- She denoted her feelings clearly
双语例句
- In the Middle Ages the term 'drab' denoted a very simple type of woollen cloth which was used by peasants to make their clothes.
中世纪时，drab（“本色布”）一词指的是一种农民用来制衣的非常普通的羊毛织物。 - Set name= "accounts" and the one-to-many class tag denote the association between the Customer and Account.
setname=“accounts”和一对多类标签指定了Customer和Account之间的关系。 - These nouns denote feelings of warm personal attachment or strong attraction to another person.
这些名词表示对另外一个人的温暖的个人依恋或强烈的吸引力。 - These nouns denote the mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing.
这些名词都表示人或事物存在的形式或方式。 - These nouns denote what brings about or is associated with an effect or result. A.
这些名词意指带来或关于某种影响或结果的原因。 - Notation is just the way physicists denote "a vector ( or state) called X".
标记正是物理学家们表示“名叫X的向量（或状态）”的方式。 - Scala uses square brackets to denote generic type, instead of the angle brackets used in Java programming.
Scala使用方括号来表示泛型类型，而不是像Java编程使用的尖括号。 - Red eyes denote strain and fatigue
眼睛充血表明压力过大、身心疲惫。 - These nouns denote forms of language that vary from the standard.
这些名词表示是从标准语言变化来的语言形式。 - Once again we use a word to denote its equivalence class and write equality to express equivalence.
我们再一次用一个字来表示它所在的等价类，并用等号表示等价。