| 释义 |
literation|lɪtəˈreɪʃən|
[f. L. littera + -ation.]
a. The action or process of representing (sounds or words) by letters.
1918Hardy in T. H. Ward Eng. Poets V. 174 His aim in the exact literation of Dorset words is not necessarily to exhibit humour and grotesqueness. 1928J. Sykes Mary Anne Disraeli ix. 85 ‘D'Israeli and Mrs. D'Izzy’—an unusual form of literation of the familiar diminutive.
b. The method or style of making letters.
1926Times Lit. Suppl. 10 June 390/2 To sacrifice..the exquisite literation that in the old hands delights us like a poem. |