| 单词 | token |
| 释义 | token /toh"keuhn/, n. 1. something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning. 2. a characteristic indication or mark of something; evidence or proof: Malnutrition is a token of poverty. 3. a memento; souvenir; keepsake: The seashell was a token of their trip. 4. something used to indicate authenticity, authority, etc.; emblem; badge: Judicial robes are a token of office. 5. Also called token coin. a stamped piece of metal, issued as a limited medium of exchange, as for bus fares, at a nominal value much greater than its commodity value. 6. anything of only nominal value similarly used, as paper currency. 7. an item, idea, person, etc., representing a group; a part as representing the whole; sample; indication. 8. Logic , Ling. a particular instance of a word, symbol, expression, sentence, or the like: A printed page might have twenty tokens of the single type-word "and." Cf. type (def. 8). 9. by the same token, a. in proof of which. b. moreover; furthermore: She has a talent as a painter, and by the same token has a sharp eye for detail. 10. in token of, as a sign of; in evidence of: a ring in token of his love. v.t. 11. to be a token of; signify; symbolize. adj. 12. serving as a token: a token gift; a token male on an all-female staff. 13. slight; perfunctory; minimal: token resistance. [bef. 900; ME; OE tac(e)n; c. G Zeichen, ON teikn sign, mark. See TEACH] Syn. 12. symbolic. |
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