释义 |
Noun: word wurd- A unit of language that native speakers can identify
"words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" - A brief statement
"he didn't say a word about it" - Information about recent and important events
- news, intelligence, tidings - A verbal command for action
"when I give the word, charge!" - An exchange of views on some topic
"we had a word or two about it" - discussion, give-and-take - A promise
"he gave his word" - parole, word of honor [US], word of honour [Brit, Cdn] - A word is a string of bits stored in computer memory
"large computers use words up to 64 bits long" - A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
- password, watchword, parole, countersign Verb: word wurd- Put into words or an expression
- give voice, formulate, phrase, articulate Noun: Word- The sacred writings of the Christian religions
"he went to carry the Word to the heathen" - Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God - The divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
- Son, Logos
Sounds like: whirred Derived forms: words, worded, wording See also: lexical, nonlexical, verbal, wording Type of: arcanum, computer memory unit, evince, express, hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ, info, information, language, language unit, linguistic unit, oral communication, order, positive identification, promise, religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing, secret, show, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, statement, voice communication Part of: K, KB, KiB, kibibyte, kilobyte Encyclopedia: Word |