单词 | finger alphabet |
释义 | > as lemmasfinger alphabet finger alphabet n. an alphabet in which particular positions of the hands represent different letters, used esp. as a means of communication with and between deaf people; = manual alphabet n. at manual adj. and n. Compounds; cf. fingerspelling n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > sign language hand language1625 arthrology1641 chirology1656 dactylology1656 finger-talk1656 finger language1669 hand alphabet1680 semiology1694 finger alphabet1751 finger talking1823 sign language1824 finger speech1826 indigitation1826 manual alphabet1876 dactylography1884 signing1891 American Sign Language1900 sign1930 British Sign Language1961 ASL1965 Ameslan1972 Yerkish1973 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. xci. 267 [She] asked, by the help of the finger-alphabet. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ii. 17 To spell out sentences with the finger-alphabet. 2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Sept. 37/4 No one with Laura's afflictions had ever learned to speak, either by using her voice or by means of the finger alphabet. < as lemmas |
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