| 单词 | referent |
| 释义 | referent (once / 262652 pages) nadj A referent is what a word or symbol stands for. The referent is the concrete thing that’s being referred to, so an actual chair would be the referent of the word chair. The referent of words such as table or building is pretty clear, but some referents are more abstract, like for the words happiness or danger. The word referent is handy in grammar-land, when you’re trying to figure out how words are being used in a sentence. Also, Frankenstein’s monster could be the referent of monster, experiment gone wrong, or big green guy. WORD FAMILYreferent: co-referent, referents, self-referent USAGE EXAMPLESSuch layering of referents is very much her style. New York Times(Jul 13, 2016) Those versed in contemporary art will recognize the referents. Los Angeles Times(Apr 29, 2016) The change in referent for the physicists' war — from blackboards to bombs — had serious implications. Nature(Jul 27, 2015) 1n something referred to; the object of a reference Hypo|Hyper antecedent the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun denotatuman actual object referred to by a linguistic expression designatumsomething (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression import, meaning, significance, signification the message that is intended or expressed or signified 2n something that refers; a term that refers to another term Hyper term a word or expression used for some particular thing 3n the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate Hyper term one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition 4adj having reference judgments referent to the indictment Syn denotative, denotive having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming |
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