| 释义 |
Definition of vocable in English: vocablenounˈvəʊkəb(ə)lˈvoʊkəbəl A word, especially with reference to form rather than meaning. Example sentencesExamples - The poem describes the toddler as ‘Yapping always,’ as producing the fluent vocables that gradually give birth to words, but still not enunciating the words themselves.
- How does the human being who says ‘That's green’ differ from the parrot trained to utter the same vocables in response to the presentation of a green card?
- Lowell goes all out for the adjective, and it's hard to think of a writer with such provocative and interesting adjectives, or one who finds such depth in what is thought of as a shallow and inessential vocable.
Synonyms term, name, expression, designation, locution
Origin Late Middle English (denoting a name): from French, or from Latin vocabulum, from vocare 'call'. Definition of vocable in US English: vocablenounˈvōkəbəlˈvoʊkəbəl A word, especially with reference to form rather than meaning. Example sentencesExamples - Lowell goes all out for the adjective, and it's hard to think of a writer with such provocative and interesting adjectives, or one who finds such depth in what is thought of as a shallow and inessential vocable.
- The poem describes the toddler as ‘Yapping always,’ as producing the fluent vocables that gradually give birth to words, but still not enunciating the words themselves.
- How does the human being who says ‘That's green’ differ from the parrot trained to utter the same vocables in response to the presentation of a green card?
Synonyms term, name, expression, designation, locution
Origin Late Middle English (denoting a name): from French, or from Latin vocabulum, from vocare ‘call’. |