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单词 alphabetic
释义 alphabetic, a.|ælfəˈbɛtɪk|
Also 7 alphabetique.
[perh. ad. Fr. alphabétique (not in Cotgr. 1611); cf. It. alfabetico (Florio 1598), Sp. alphabetico (Minsheu 1623): see alphabet and -ic.]
1. Arranged in order of the alphabet. Obs.
1642Howell For. Trav. 23 In reading hee must couch in a faire Alphabetique Paper-book the notablest occurences.
2. Of, pertaining to, or by means of an alphabet; or by letters representing simple sounds.
1736H. Coventry Phil. Conv. iv. (T.) The author probably had his eye upon alphabetick writing in his own time.c1799K. White Childhood i. 66 Enur'd to alphabetic toils.1858Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. ii. 31 The visible language of written alphabetic characters.1864H. Spencer Illust. Progr. 19 It is alleged that the Egyptians never actually achieved complete alphabetic writing.
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