letter
英 [ˈletə(r)] 美 [ˈlɛtɚ]

n.

信；证书，许可证；字母，文字；字面意义

vt.

用字母标明；写字母于；加标题；

vi.

写印刷体字母；

变形

复数：letters过去式：lettered过去分词：lettered现在分词：lettering第三人称单数：letters

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]信,函件 a written or printed message sent usually in an envelope
2. [C]字母 one of the signs in writing or printing that represents a speech sound

英英释义

letter[ 'letə ]

• n.
  • a written message addressed to a person or organization

    "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"

    同义词：missive

  • the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech

    "his grandmother taught him his letters"

    同义词：letter of the alphabetalphabetic character

  • a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)

    "he followed instructions to the letter"; "he obeyed the letter of the law"

  • an award earned by participation in a school sport

    "he won letters in three sports"

    同义词：varsity letter

  • owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
• v.
  • win an athletic letter
  • set down or print with letters
  • mark letters on or mark with letters

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• address a letter在信封上写姓名地址
• answer a letter回一封信
• close a letter结束一封信
• date a letter在信上注明日期
• deliver letters投递信件
• drop a letter投信
• expect a letter等信
• fold a letter将信折叠
• forward a letter转交信
• get a letter收到信
• glance over a letter匆匆看一封信
• have a letter收到信
• hold up letter扣压信件
• leave a letter把信留下
• mail a letter寄信
• open a letter拆信
• post a letter寄信
• push the letter塞信
• put a letter放信
• read a letter看信
• receive a letter收到信件
• reply a letter回一封信
• send a letter寄信
• sign a letter在信上签名
• smooth out a letter把一封信弄平整
• sort letters分拣信件
• stamp a letter在信上贴邮票
• take (down) a letter把信速记下来
• tear open a letter撕开信封
• type a letter打一封信
• write a letter写信
• go by the letter遵守字面条文
• know letters识字
• obey the letter遵守条文
• put letter印字母

形容词+～

• angry letter愤怒的信
• blindletter无法投递的信
• cold letter态度冷淡的信
• cover letter(附于包裹或信件内的)附信
• dead letter无法投递的信件
• dry letter干巴巴的信,枯燥无味的信
• express letter快信
• long letter长信
• official letter官方信件,公函
• open letter公开信
• personal letter私信
• warm letter热情的信

名词+～

• business letter商业信件
• chain letter连锁信
• fan letter(向明星表示崇拜的)影〔球〕迷信
• love letter情书
• night letter夜间电报、夜信函
• sea letter海上通行证
• black letter黑体字
• block letter印刷字母
• call letters呼号
• capital letter大写字母
• large letter大写字母
• small letter小写字母
• strange letter奇怪的字母
• the first letter第一个字母

～+名词

• letter book书信册
• letter box邮政信箱
• letter case袖珍信件夹
• letter drop投信口
• letter form书信形式
• letter sheet信纸

介词+～

• by letter通过写信
• in a letter在信中
• on a letter在信上
• letter by letter一个字母一个字母地
• in letter在字面上
• to the letter严格按照文字

～+介词

• letter about关于…的信
• letter from来自…的信
• letter on the matter有关此事的信
• letter to发往…的信
• the letter of the law法律的字面意义
• the letters of the sign标牌的字母

词组短语

letter of credit n. [商]（银行发行的）信用证

to the letter严格地，不折不扣地；严格按照字句

write a letter写信

by letter以书信形式

cover letter附信

irrevocable letter of credit不可撤销信用证

open letter n. 公开信

love letter情书

invitation letter邀请函

letter of recommendation保荐信，介绍信

application letter申请信，申请报告；求职信

send a letter寄信

business letter商业信函

capital letter大写字母

letter of intent n. 意向书；合同之草约

confirmation letter确认信函

letter writing书信写法；书信写作；尺牍

letter of introduction介绍信

call letter推销商品的信件

recommendation letter推荐信

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

message, correspondence, letter, note

这组词都有“信”的意思，其区别是：

message指书信、口信、电报等。

correspondence集合名词，指全部来往信件。

letter最普通用词，泛指一切形式的书信，尤指邮寄的信。

note指内容直截了当的短信或便条，正式或非正式均可。

letter, alphabet, script, character

这组词都有“字母”的意思，其区别是：

letter指单个的字母。

alphabet指整个字母系统或一种语言的字母表，不表单个字母。

script指书写或印刷的字母。

character通常指汉语的方块字，也指字符。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. She balled the letter into a wad.
   她将信揉成一团。
2. I acknowledged her letter at once.
   我马上告知收到了她的信。
3. The kids are learning to trace the letter.
   孩子们学描字母。
4. Anger is one letter away from danger.
   生气与危险仅相差一个字母。

用作动词(v.)

1. He wrote these words after he had lapped up his letter.
   他是把信折好以后才又写下了这些话的。
2. While composing a letter on a computer you may interrupt the computer's rest with a short burst of key pounding and then let it return to idleness as you compose the next sentence.
   当你在计算机上写信时，随着敲击键盘产生的短脉冲会打断计算机的休息，接着当你写下一句话的时候，它会返回到无所事事的状态。
3. The printer has dropped a letter here.
   印刷者在这儿遗漏了一个字母。
4. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great.
   我学习写带短截线和不带短截线的印刷字体，根据不同字母组合调整其间距，以及怎样把版式调整得好上加好。

权威例句

Letter: Prognosis in coma
Letter to nature: Extinction risk from climate change
Effects of noise letters upon the identification of a target letter in a nonsearch task
"Diagnostic criteria for use in psychiatric research": Letter.
Letter abstract - Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's Disease
Letter by Reiffel regarding article, "Risk of bleeding with 2 doses of dabigatran compared with warfarin in older and younger patien...
An interactive activation model of context effects in letter perception: I. An account of basic findings.
Reanalysis and revision of the Cambridge reference sequence for human mitochondrial DNA (letter)
Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR VII, Phase I, Letter Report (1998)
Letter by Nieminen et al regarding article, "Differential impact of blood pressure-lowering drugs on central aortic pressure and cli...