单词 | signal |
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音标 | ['signl] |
解释 | n.信号;v.发信号;a.显著的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 信号(something intended to warn, command, or give a message)发信号(give a signal) 【考】 反义词:unremarkabl e(不明显的) 【记】 sign(信号)+al |
字源 | signal (n.) late 14c., "visible sign, indication," from Old French signal, seignal "seal, imprint, sign, mark," from Medieval Latin signale "a signal," from Late Latin signalis (adj.) "used as a signal, pertaining to a sign," from Latin signum "signal, sign" (see sign (n.)). Restricted sense "agreed-upon sign (to commence or desist, etc.) is from 1590s. Meaning "modulation of an electric current" is from 1855. signal (v.) 1805, "to make signals to," from signal (n.). Related: Signaled; signaling. Earlier verb was signalize (1650s). signal (adj.) "remarkable, striking, notable" ("serving as a sign"), 1640s, from French signalé, past participle of signaler "to distinguish, signal" (see signal (n.)). |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 显著的; 出色的; n 信号; v 发(信号) 【记】晚上的信号灯是很明显的. 【参】signatory(n 签字者); signify(v 表示; 意味) 【反】unremarkable(adj 寻常的; 不明显的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】来自sign |
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