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单词 letter
释义 letter
letter1
 —letterer,  n.   —letterless,  adj.  
 /let"euhr/,  n.  
  1. a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
  2. a symbol or character that is conventionally used in writing and printing to represent a speech sound and that is part of an alphabet.
  3. a piece of printing type bearing such a symbol or character.
  4. a particular style of type.
  5. such types collectively.
  6. Often, letters. a formal document granting a right or privilege.
  7. actual terms or wording; literal meaning, as distinct from implied meaning or intent (opposed to spirit): the letter of the law.
  8. letters, (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
   a. literature in general.
   b. the profession of literature.
   c. learning; knowledge, esp. of literature.
  9. an emblem consisting of the initial or monogram of a school, awarded to a student for extracurricular activity, esp. in athletics.
  10. to the letter, to the last particular; precisely: His orders were carried out to the letter.
  v.t.  
  11. to mark or write with letters; inscribe.
  v.i.  
  12. to earn a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, esp. a sport: He lettered in track at Harvard.
 [1175-1225; ME, var. of lettre < OF < L littera alphabetic character, in pl., epistle, literature]
 Syn. 8. See literature.
letter2
 /let"euhr/, n. Chiefly Brit.
 a person who lets, esp. one who rents out property.
 [1375-1425; late ME letere; see LET1, -ER1]
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