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单词 connote
释义 con·note
\kəˈnōt, (ˈ)kä|nōt, usu -ōd.+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Medieval Latin connotare, from Latin com- + notare to mark, note — more at note
1. of a word or phrase
 a. : to signify in addition to its exact explicit meaning
  < the word home usually connotes comfort and security >
 b. : to have as the sum of meanings : mean, signify
  < to some Bohemian connotes a slovenly crank >
  < anabolism is a word used to connote building up or assimilative processes — C.H.Best & N.B.Taylor >
2.
 a. : to arouse as an inseparably associated idea or feeling : imply, suggest
  < unless a few desiccated potted palms connote the Orient — Truman Capote >
 b. : to be associated with or inseparable from as a consequence or concomitant
  < guilt usually connotes suffering >
3. logic : to imply, indicate, or involve as an attribute : bear as connotation — contrasted with denote
 < the word white denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and implies, or, as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the attribute whiteness — J.S.Mill >
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