letters

英 [ˈletəz]

美 [ˈletərz]

n.  信; 函; 字母; (缝制在运动服上的)校运动队字母标志
v.  用字母标明(于清单等上); 把字母印刷(或缝制等)于; 领取到学校运动队布制字母标志
letter的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 信;信函
  If you write aletterto someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post.
  1. I had received a letter from a very close friend.
     我收到一个很要好的朋友的来信。
  2. ...a letter of resignation...
     辞职信
  3. Our long courtship had been conducted mostly by letter.
     我俩长期的恋爱过程基本上靠的是书信。
• N-COUNT 字母
  Lettersare written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language.
  1. ...the letters of the alphabet.
     字母表中的字母
  2. ...the letter E.
     字母E
• N-COUNT （校队队衣的）校名首字母标志（以嘉许优秀运动员）
  If a student earns aletterin sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.
  1. Valerie earned letters in three sports: volleyball, basketball, and field hockey.
     瓦莱丽在排球、篮球和曲棍球三个项目上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。
• VERB 赢得佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉
  If a studentlettersin sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.
  1. Burkoth lettered in soccer.
     伯考思在足球上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。
• See also:capital lettercovering letterdead letterlove letternewsletterpoison-pen letter
• PHRASE （钻）法律字眼
  If you say that someone keeps tothe letter of the law, you mean that they act according to what is actually written in the law, rather than according to the general principles of it, especially when you disapprove of this.
  1. They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be ashamed.
     他们死抠法律字眼。依我看他们应该感到惭愧。
• PHRASE （执行指示）毫厘不爽地，不折不扣地
  If you say that someone carries out instructionsto the letter, you mean that they do exactly what they are told to do, paying great attention to every detail.
  1. She obeyed his instructions to the letter.
     她分毫不差地遵照他的吩咐去做。

英英释义

noun

• the literary culture
  1. this book shows American letters at its best
• scholarly attainment
  1. he is a man of letters

双语例句

• They used elaborate secret codes, as when the names of trees stood for letters
  他们使用了复杂的暗号，比如用树的名称代表字母。
• I have had an enormous number of letters from single parents
  我已经收到了大量单亲家长的来信。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.
  我有一批信要回复。
• Scores of congratulatory telegrams and letters greeted Franklin on his return
  富兰克林一回来，就收到了好几十封贺电和贺信。
• Two Manchester City fans, Geoff Watts and Howard Davies, coincidentally wrote similar letters to the club.
  说来也巧，两个曼城队球迷杰夫·沃茨和霍华德·戴维斯给俱乐部写了类似的信。
• I wrote hundreds of begging letters to charities and businesses.
  我给慈善团体和商业机构写了几百封求助信。
• I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived
  我正在等几封重要的信件，可是一封都没到。
• I can see why you believed my letters were threatening but I never meant them to be.
  我能理解你为什么认为我的信是在吓唬人，但是我绝无此意。
• They saw some large letters in white paint.
  他们看见了用白漆写的几个大大的字母。
• Valerie earned letters in three sports: volleyball, basketball, and field hockey.
  瓦莱丽在排球、篮球和曲棍球三个项目上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。