| 单词 | word |
| 释义 | word I. 1. a. < my father loved you; he said he did, and with his deed did crown his word — Shakespeare > < not a word about his plans > < said a word to his employer on behalf of a friend who was looking for work > b. words plural (1) < putting one's feelings into words > < wonderful beyond words > (2) < trivial words set to splendid music > c. (1) < would like to have a word with you > (2) < a word of advice > 2. a. (1) < the order of the words in a phrase > < the meaning of a word > (2) < man, man's, men, and men's are different forms of one word > — see paradigm b. < average number of words to a line > c. d. 3. < don't move till I give the word > < his word is law > 4. or word of god usually capitalized W & capitalized G a. < the Logos is both the reason and the Word of God — W.F.Howard > < Christ is the Word become flesh — J.A.Mackay > b. < the Bible contains the Word of God to man — L.A.Weigle > < preach the Word in the mountains of eastern Tennessee — H.L.Mencken > c. < God's Word was one of the most general terms used by Israel for revelation — G.E.Wright > d. < by the Word of God heavens existed long ago — 2 Pet 3:5 (Revised Standard Version) > < upholding the universe by his Word of power — Heb 1:3 (Revised Standard Version) > < for the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword — Heb 4:12 (Revised Standard Version) > e. < will be readings from the Words of God — the Torah, the Bible, the Koran — Edris Rice-Wray > 5. a. < brought word that a financial backer of the expedition … had died — American Guide Series: Maine > < sent word … that he planned to attend — New York Times > < in Washington when the word came of a great defeat at Bull Run > b. < word of the prowess of the twelve-year-old got about — Current Biography > < the word has gone about that there will be no prosecution — Tom Fitzsimmons > 6. < loyal in word and deed > : product of such an act < what people learn from the written word > 7. a. b. 8. a. (1) < I give you my word > < kept her word > < as good as his word > (2) < pledged himself on his word to be present > b. < not that I doubt your word > < take my word for it > < has the doctor's word for it that no operation is needed > 9. < one word led to another > — usually used in plural < some words between him and his father > < he and his friend had words and parted > and sometimes with an adjective modifier < some hard words passed between them > 10. a. b. < in dealing with difficult children, patience is the word > c. < mediocre is not the word for his performance; it was incredibly bad > Synonyms: < a flat denial of poetic possibilities, in the case of any vocable, is liable to disastrous refutation — J.L.Lowes > < accustomed to songs in which the words are often merely convenient vocables with the melody usually more important than the text — Evelyn H. Scholl > term applies both to words and to phrases that express a whole idea and form one of the units of expression in a language, applying especially to units with a more or less precise technical use or meaning < the term communism is used today to describe both a political philosophy and its translation into reality — H.W.Gatzke > < “the most important woman in Finland” is a term which has been applied — Current Biography > < all professions are likely to develop innumerable terms that constitute an almost private jargon > • - at a word - good word - in a word - in so many words - my word - of few words - of many words - of one's word - upon my word - words of one syllable II. intransitive verb archaic transitive verb 1. 2. obsolete 3. < a strongly worded message > 4. obsolete < be worded to death — James Howell > • - word it |
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