单词 | convey |
释义 | convey (once / 141 pages) v When you convey something, you carry or deliver it. Little Red Riding Hood conveyed a basket of muffins to her grandmother. Your sad smile might convey more about your feelings than words ever could. You can also convey a message or information, which means that you communicate it to someone directly or indirectly through your words or actions. In law, the word convey means to transfer or pass property to someone. This verb is from Middle English conveyen, from Old French conveier, ultimately from the Latin prefix com- "together" plus via "way." WORD FAMILYconvey: conveyable, conveyance, conveyed, conveyer, conveying, conveyor, conveys+/conveyance: conveyancer, conveyances, conveyancing/conveyancer: conveyancers/conveyancing: conveyancings/conveyer: conveyers/conveying: conveyings/conveyor: conveyors USAGE EXAMPLES"Organ donation and transplantation is truly a team effort, and our 2017 float conveys that beautifully." Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Light and shadow are deftly conveyed, as are the folds of voluminous costumes. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) What I admired most was Baker’s ability to convey a sense of Beckett’s own writing without imitating it. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1v transmit or serve as the medium for transmission Syn|Hypo|Hyper carry, channel, conduct, impart, transmit carry, express serve as a means for expressing something carrybe conveyed over a certain distance wash up carry somewhere (of water or current or waves) pipe inbring in through pipes bring intransmit retransmittransmit again bring, take take something or somebody with oneself somewhere 2v transfer to another Syn|Hypo|Hyper communicate, transmit communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across transmit information implant, plantput firmly in the mind send a messagegive or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally relaypass along get across, put overcommunicate successfully bespeak, call for, quest, requestexpress the need or desire for; ask for acknowledge, receiptreport the receipt of carrypass on a communication deliver, render, returnpass down messagesend as a message messagesend a message to transfer move from one place to another 3v take something or somebody with oneself somewhere Syn|Hypo|Hyper bring, take bring, fetch, get go or come after and bring or take back bringbe accompanied by fetch take away or remove transitcause or enable to pass through ferrytransport from one place to another bring back, return, take backbring back to the point of departure tubeconvey in a tube whiskmove somewhere quickly carry, channel, conduct, impart, transmittransmit or serve as the medium for transmission landbring ashore ground, run aground, strandbring to the ground wash upcarry somewhere (of water or current or waves) pipe inbring in through pipes bring intransmit retransmittransmit again stranddrive (a vessel) ashore carry, transport move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body 4v serve as a means for expressing something Syn|Hypo|Hyper carry, express carry, channel, conduct, impart, transmit transmit or serve as the medium for transmission measure, quantify express as a number or measure or quantity gaugemeasure precisely and against a standard scalemeasure with or as if with scales metermeasure with a meter pace, stepmeasure (distances) by pacing clock, timemeasure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time fathom, soundmeasure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line titratemeasure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration plumbmeasure the depth of something librate, weighdetermine the weight of communicate, intercommunicate transmit thoughts or feelings 5v go or come after and bring or take back Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bring, fetch, get bring, take take something or somebody with oneself somewhere bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state retrieve run after, pick up, and bring to the master retrievego for and bring back deliverbring to a destination, make a delivery misdeliverdeliver to the wrong address process, serve, swear outdeliver a warrant or summons to someone discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down, unloadleave or unload consignsend to an address channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport send from one person or place to another 6v make known; pass on, of information She conveyed the message to me Hypo|Hyper give thanks, thank express gratitude or show appreciation to hint, suggestdrop a hint; intimate by a hint saycommunicate or express nonverbally lookconvey by one's expression flashmake known or cause to appear with great speed breathemanifest or evince evince, express, showgive expression to intend, meanmean or intend to express or convey sneerexpress through a scornful smile represent, stand for, symbolise, symbolize, typifyexpress indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol acknowledge, recognise, recognizeexpress obligation, thanks, or gratitude for adumbrate, insinuate, intimategive to understand clue inprovide someone with a clue connote, implyexpress or state indirectly burst outgive sudden release to an expression evoke, paint a picture, suggestcall to mind implysuggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic signifyconvey or express a meaning import, spellindicate or signify givemanifest or show exudemake apparent by one's mood or behavior give vent, vent, ventilategive expression or utterance to aimdirect (a remark) toward an intended goal articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase, wordput into words or an expression accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stressto stress, single out as important advert, allude, touchmake a more or less disguised reference to aim, drive, getmove into a desired direction of discourse menaceexpress a threat either by an utterance or a gesture beamexpress with a beaming face or smile smileexpress with a smile give, impart, leave, pass on transmit (knowledge or skills) 7v transmit a title or property Hyper transfer cause to change ownership |
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