单词 | manual alphabet |
释义 | manual alphabet in American English a system of communication, esp. one for deaf persons, in which positions of the fingers indicate the letters of the alphabet manual alphabet in American Englishnoun a set of finger configurations corresponding to the letters of the alphabet, used by the deaf in fingerspelling Word origin [1860–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: calibrate, jumping jack, metric system, monism, mutualismExamples of 'manual alphabet' in a sentence |
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