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signify v.表示；有重要性 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] 【记】make sign

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['signifai] 【英】 v. 表示( be a sign of);有重要性 ( have significance)【记】 sign（信号）+ify→ 用信号表示→象征 无

单词	signify
音标	['signifai]
解释	v.表示；有重要性
红宝书	【英】 v. 表示( be a sign of);有重要性 ( have significance) 【记】 sign（信号）+ify→ 用信号表示→象征
字源	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]
不择手段背单词	无
趣味全助记	【记】make sign

Sign Signify Signifai V.表示；有重要性 英 V 表示 Of);有重要性

Sign Signify Signifai V.表示；有重要性英 V 表示 Of);有重要性