单词	connotation
释义	connotationcon‧no‧ta‧tion /ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən $ ˌkɑː-/ ●○○ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES "Bermuda" with its connotations of fun and sun For most people "motherhood" has a very positive connotation. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A whole group of connotations, arising from our knowledge of the drug culture, then settles on the music. But thinness, as opposed to slimness, also carries connotations of weightlessness and emptiness. Care must be exercised however as certain colours have specific connotations which may be important if colour codes are used. I spoke, in that context, of the connotations of the posse, of the hunt. Its connotations are all wrong and will be studied later. Literacy will continue to depend upon the power to decipher words and to decode their connotations. The portrait is an endlessly interesting example, a theme redolent with social connotations and artistic references. With time, however, this acquired the connotation of the misfortune it described. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorthe meaning of something► meaning what a word, sign, or statement means: · This word 'spring' has several different meanings.· We convey meaning not only by our words but also by our actions.meaning of: · There is a chart that explains the meaning of all the symbols on the map.hidden meaning (=a meaning that is not directly stated): · Was there a hidden meaning behind his words? ► sense one of the meanings of a word that has several meanings: sense of: · In the dictionary the different senses of each word are marked by numbers.in its broadest/fullest sense (=in the most general meaning of the word): · I'm using the word "education" in its broadest sense here. ► significance the important meaning that something has, especially if the meaning is not immediately clear: significance of: · Freud explained the significance of some of the objects and situations in Anna's dream.special significance: · Nothing can be more exciting than the first time you receive red roses. They have special significance. ► definition the way that you explain the meaning of a word: definition of: · Could one of the class give me a definition of the word "equilibrium"?somebody's definition of something: · Obviously your definition of "rich" is very different from mine. ► connotation a feeling or an idea that a word makes you think of that is not its actual meaning: · "Bermuda" with its connotations of fun and sunpositive/negative connotation: · For most people "motherhood" has a very positive connotation. ► define to explain the meaning of a word or phrase: · Each of us might define the concept of freedom in a slightly different way.define something as something: · The dictionary defines it as "a narrow passage".define something loosely/broadly (=define something in a way that is not very exact): · Dietary fibre can be loosely defined as the cell-wall material of plants. WORD SETS► Linguistics acronym, nounadage, nounaffricate, nounagglutination, nounalphanumeric, adjectiveanglophone, nounantecedent, nounantonym, nounaphorism, nounarchaism, nounargot, nounaspirate, verbaspirate, nounaspiration, nounassonance, nounbaby talk, nounback, adjectiveback formation, nounbilabial, nounbody language, nouncant, nouncliché, nouncognate, adjectivecognate, nouncollocate, verbcollocation, nouncolloquial, adjectivecombining form, nouncompound, nounconcordance, nounconnotation, nounconsonant, nouncontext, nouncontraction, nouncorpus, noundative, noundeclarative, adjectivedecline, verbdecode, verbdescriptive, adjectivediction, noundiminutive, noundiminutive suffix, noundiphthong, nounelide, verbellipsis, nounelocution, nounemphasis, nounencode, verbenunciate, verb-ese, suffixetymology, nouneuphemism, nouneuphemistic, adjectiveexpression, nounfigurative, adjectivefirst language, nounformal, adjectivefricative, noungender, nounglide, nounglottal stop, nounhard, adjectivehieroglyphics, nounhigh-level, adjectivehomograph, nounhomonym, nounhomophone, nounhyperbole, nounideogram, nounidiolect, nounidiom, nounidiomatic, adjectiveinflection, nounintonation, nounIPA, nounironic, adjectivejargon, nounlabial, nounlanguage, nounlegalese, nounlexical, adjectivelexicography, nounlexicon, nounlexis, nounlingua franca, nounlinguist, nounlinguistic, adjectivelinguistics, nounlip-read, verbloanword, nounlocution, nounlong, adjectivemaxim, nounmetalanguage, nounmispronounce, verbmnemonic, nounmonosyllabic, adjectivemonosyllable, nounmorpheme, nounmorphology, nounnasal, adjectivenasal, nounneologism, nounneutral, adjectivenonce, adjectivenon-standard, adjectivenonverbal, adjectiveofficialese, nounonomatopoeia, nounopen vowel, nounorientalist, nounoxymoron, nounpalindrome, nounparagraph, nounparaphrase, verbparaphrase, nounphilology, nounphoneme, nounphonemics, nounphonetic, adjectivephonetics, nounphonic, adjectivephonology, nounphrasal, adjectivephraseology, nounpidgin, nounplosive, nounpolyglot, adjectivepolysemous, adjectivepolysyllabic, adjectiveportmanteau word, nounpragmatics, nounpreliterate, adjectivepre-verbal, adjectiveprimary stress, nounpronounce, verbpronounceable, adjectivepronunciation, nounproverb, nounpsychobabble, nounReceived Pronunciation, nounrecitation, nounregister, nounretroflex, adjectiveRP, nounschwa, nounsecondary stress, nounsecond language, nounsemantic, adjectivesemantics, nounsemiotics, nounsemi-vowel, nounshort, adjectivesibilant, adjectivesibilant, nounsic, adverbsilent, adjectivesimile, nounslang, nounsound, verbspeech, nounspeech therapy, nounspell, verbspelling, nounspoonerism, nounstandard, adjectivestem, nounstop, nounstress, nounstress, verbstressed, adjectivestress mark, nounstructuralism, nounstylistics, nounsuperlative, nounsyllabic, adjectivesyllable, nounsynonym, nounsynonymous, adjectivetechnical, adjectiveterminology, nounthesaurus, nountone, nountone language, nountoneless, adjectivetongue, nountranscribe, verbtranscription, nountrope, noununpronounceable, adjectiveunstressed, adjectiveunvoiced, adjectiveusage, nounuse, verbuse, nounvelar, adjectivevocabulary, nounvoiceless, adjectivevowel, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► different · Opposite this protest message hangs a photograph with a very different connotation.· On Hong Kong this year it took on a slightly different connotation. ► negative · It was also a positive term with none of the negative connotations of Nonconformist or Dissenter.· In recent years multimedia has taken on a negative connotation in the computer industry.· If one accepts this interpretation then the third-person form would not have the negative connotations defined so sharply by John Lyons.· Others know only the negative connotations of the word. VERB► carry · But thinness, as opposed to slimness, also carries connotations of weightlessness and emptiness. a quality or an idea that a word makes you think of that is more than its basic meaning → denotationconnotation of The word ‘professional’ has connotations of skill and excellence. a negative connotation—connotative /ˈkɒnəteɪtɪv $ ˈkɑːn-, kəˈnoʊtətɪv/ adjective
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