| 单词 | sign word |
| 释义 | > as lemmassign word sign word n. (a) a word that is, or is used as, a sign (in various senses); (b) a word that is delivered by gesture, esp. in a system of sign language. ΚΠ 1838 Dublin Univ. Mag. Jan. 108/1 I had to pass the signword afore I could pass myself. 1894 Notes & Queries 8th Ser. 5 6/1 It is a sign-word only, not a term of affinity. 1911 Law Notes Sept. 104/1 The young lady stenographer in the office responds with her pencil at the utterance of one of her several hundred sign words. 1987 H. Bornstein & K. L. Saulnier Signed Eng. School Bk. (1998) p. x Each sign word stands for one English word, such as mother, shoe, horse etc. 2004 K. Karmiloff & A. Karmiloff-Smith Everything your Baby would Ask 102/2 They [sc. babies] compensate for the lack of proper sign language stimulation by making up sign words. < as lemmas |
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