| 释义 |
la·bel
I. \ˈlābəl\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English from Middle French, from Old French label ribbon, fringe, label in heraldry, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German lappa flap, lappet — more at lap
1. archaic : a narrow piece (as of cloth) : strip, ribbon, lappet; specifically : one attached to a document to hold an appended seal
2. obsolete : a rider or appendix originally appended to a document on an attached strip
3. : a heraldic charge consisting of a narrow bar with usually three pendants and used especially as a cadency mark to distinguish an eldest or only son during his father's life — called also file
4. : a representation (as in medieval art) of a band or scroll containing an inscription
5.
a. : a slip (as of paper, parchment, cloth, leather, metal) that is inscribed and affixed to something for identification, direction, or description : tag, sticker
< write your name on the label and tie it to the basket >
< books with gilt-lettered red morocco labels >
b. : written, printed, or graphic matter attached to or accompanying an article or inscribed on its container or wrapper identifying the contents or giving other appropriate information (as the destination of a parcel, the use of a medicine, the title of a book)
< read the label on the bottle >
c. : a descriptive, classifying, or identifying word or phrase: as
(1) : epithet
< the term stream of consciousness … is already established as a literary label — Robert Humphrey >
< acquired the label of “playboy” which seemed to stick — Brian Crozier >
< hanging the subversive label on their own liberal clergy — Ralph Winnett >
(2) : a word or phrase used with but not as part of a dictionary definition usually in abbreviated form and distinctive type to provide information (as grammatical function or area or level of usage) about the word defined
< the label obsolete is abbreviated obs >
(3) : a newspaper headline merely identifying the subject matter of an article rather than summarizing action
6. : a projecting molding by the sides and over the top of an opening; specifically : a dripstone of square form characteristic of late Gothic work in England
7. : an adhesive stamp:
a. : postage stamp
b. : a stamp issued for some purpose (as revenue, notification of postage due) other than postage
8. : panel 3f(3)
9. : a labeled atom in a molecule
10.
a.
(1) : a brand of commercial recordings issued under a usually trademarked name
< there are now available to record buyers more than 10,000 different labels — Joel Turner >
< from the Decca group we have, on the parent label, Liszt's “Faust” Symphony — Thomas Heinitz >
(2) : one of the commercial recordings so issued
< issue … compositions first on classical labels and then as “pops” singles — Current Biography >
b. : a company issuing commercial recordings under one or more brand names
< spent practically their entire recording careers with one label — J.S.Wilson b. 1913 >
< most of the recordings made by these jazzmen were for small labels — Bill Simon >
II. transitive verb
(labeled or labelled ; labeled or labelled ; labeling or labelling \-b(ə)liŋ\ ; labels)
1. : to give a label to:
a. : to affix a label to : mark with a label
< label a bottle >
b. : to describe or designate with a label
< subdivides his discussions … by sections labeled with numerals and letters — Robert Halsband >
< many girls labeled “bad” turned out to be … mentally ill — Marjorie Rittwagen >
2.
a. : to distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions or biological processes
< the distribution of labeled phosphorus [radiophosphorus] in a moth larva — E.O.Lawrence >
b. : to distinguish (as a compound or molecule) especially by introducing a labeled atom
< glycine labeled with carbon 14 in the carboxyl group > |