| 正面 | 6787.signify 英 ['sɪgnɪfaɪ]美 ['sɪɡnɪfaɪ]     |
|---|---|
| 背面 |     释义： 1、sign- + -ify.vt. 表示；意味；预示vi. 有重要性；要紧；冒充内行 例句： 1. The striped band round a policeman's sleeve is to signify that he is on duty.警察袖子上的袖标标明他正在执勤. signify 预示，表明，表达，表示sign,标记，记号，-fy,使。引申诸相关词义。 signify (v.)late 13c., "be a sign of, indicate, mean," from Old French signifier (12c.), from Latin significare "to make signs, show by signs, point out, express; mean, signify; foreshadow, portend," from significus (adj.), from signum "sign" (see sign (n.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Intransitive sense of "to be of importance" is attested from 1660s. Meaning "engage in mock-hostile banter" is American English black slang first recorded 1932. ...'signifying,' which in Harlemese means making a series of oblique remarks apparently addressed to no one in particular, but unmistakable in intention in such a close-knit circle. ["Down Beat," March 7, 1968]" |