[VERB 动词]预示;是…的征兆;表示;是…的标志 If one thing denotes another, it is a sign or indication of it.
[V n]
[V that]
[FORMAL 正式]
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。
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[VERB 动词](符号等)代表,是…的标记 What a symbol denotes is what it represents.
[V n]
[FORMAL 正式]
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。
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[VERB 动词]意思是;指代 What a word or name denotes is what it means or refers to.
[V n]
[FORMAL 正式]
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。
Oxford
de·noteAWL/dɪˈnəʊt; NAmEdɪˈnoʊt/verb( formal) 1denotesth |denotethat… to be a sign of sth 标志;预示;象征SYN
indicate
◆A very high temperature often denotes a serious illness.高烧常常表示病得很重。2denotesth |denotewhat, when, etc… to mean sth 表示;意指SYN
represent
◆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。☞compare
1to mean something → connote: What does the word ‘curriculum’ denote that ‘course’ does not?2to represent or be a sign of somethingSYN indicate: Crosses on the map denote villages.—denotative adjective—denotation /ˌdiːnəʊˈteɪʃən $ -noʊ-/ noun [countable]
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