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43. gram [GK]=

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written character 书写符号
在grammar，gramophone，program，telegram 中，词根gram 来自希腊名词gramme，意为
written or recorded character（书写或记录符号），尤指letter of alphabet（字母）。

grammar [gramm=letter 字母，文字；-ar n.=thing 物→“art of letters 文字的技巧”→] n. art or
science dealing with the right use of a language 文法，语法：English grammar 英语语法

▽grammarian [grammar;-ian n.] n.语法学家
grammatical [gramma(r);-tical a.] a.语法的

gramophone [gram=thing for recording 记录用的东西；-o-;phon=sound 声音；-e→“tool for
recording sound 记录声音的工具”→] n. instrument for reproduction of recorded sound in a disc
留声机：a gramophone record 唱片

program [pro-=forward, beforehand 向前，事先；gram=letter 字母，文字→“letters written
beforehand 事先写好的文字”→] n. paper giving a scheme of events beforehand, especially in an
entertainment, conference, course of study 节目单；方案；大纲：program of concert 音乐会节
目单

▽programmer [program(m);-er n.] n.计划者；程序编制员
programmatic [program(m);-atic a.] a.纲领性的

telegram [tele-=distant 远的；gram=letter 字母，文字→“letters sent to a distant place 送往远
方的文字”→] n. message sent by telegraph 电报：urgent telegram 急电

diagram [dia-=through, across 穿过；gram=thing written, or figure 书写的东西,图形→“figure
made of lines going across it 由穿行其间的线条构成的图形”→] n. figure by lines drawn to
explain an idea 图表，图解：a diagram showing daily production 表示日产量的图表

▽diagrammatic [diagram(m);-atic a.] a.图表的

phonogram [phon=sound 声音； -o-;gram=written character 书写符号→ ] n. character
representing a sound 表音符号；音标

cryptogram [crypt=hidden 隐密的；-o-;gram=letter 字母，文字→“hidden letters 隐密的文字”
→] n. anything written in cipher 密码文，暗记：numerical cryptograms 数字密码文

▽cryptogrammic [cryptogram(m);-ic a.] a.密码的，暗记的

dactylogram [dactyl=finger 手指；-o-;gram=thing recorded，or print 记录下的东西，印记→] n.
fingerprint 指纹：the dactylograms of a criminal 罪犯的指纹

N Written Character Sound Recorded Grammar Letters Gramophone