英语词汇“vocable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

vocable

/ˈvəʊkəb(ə)l

noun

A word, especially with reference to form rather than meaning.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.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting a name): from French, or from Latin vocabulum, from vocare 'call'.

单词	vocable
释义	vocable /ˈvəʊkəb(ə)l / noun A word, especially with reference to form rather than meaning.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. Origin Late Middle English (denoting a name): from French, or from Latin vocabulum, from vocare 'call'.
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