| 单词 | lettered |
| 释义 | lettered (once / 3410 pages) adj Describing a friend as lettered is a compliment — you're remarking on her educational success and knowledge. People are especially lettered when they've read a lot of books. Though you'd never want to describe yourself as lettered — you'd sound like a show off — it's a great way to describe a scholarly friend. Lettered people are well-educated and well-read, and are often academics, either teaching or researching their areas of interest. The origin of lettered is littera, "letter of the alphabet" or "document," and its plural form, litteræ, which means "literature or books." WORD FAMILYlettered: unlettered+/letter: lettered, letterer, lettering, letters/letterer: letterers/lettering: letterings USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Glenn was an honor student in high school, lettered in three sports and played trumpet in the band. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) You get the crisply lettered show windows and glass doors of the garment district and the fur district and the wholesale-jewelry district. The New Yorker(Nov 26, 2016) In New York, officials plan to order up to 750 of the cars to run on the subway’s lettered lines. New York Times(Aug 22, 2016) adj highly educated; having extensive information or understanding Syn knowing, knowledgeable, learned, well-educated, well-read educated possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) |
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