letters

FREQ #1689

n. 字母；书信；读者投书栏（letter的复数）

发音

US /ˈlɛtɚz/
UK /ˈlɛtəz/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    plural of letter

  2. 2.

    Literature (school subject).

    Rickert was the first woman (and second individual) to be awarded a Ph.D. in English letters and philology with that academic honor at the University of Chicago.

  3. 3.

    The liberal arts, humanities, learning (broad accumulated cultural knowledge).

    Though architecture in ancient Rome was not generally considered to belong to the artes liberales, Vitruvius easily qualified as a man of letters because of his wide learning.

v.
  1. 1.

    third-person singular simple present indicative of letter

词汇关系

名词

上位词 8

learning culture scholarship encyclopaedism encyclopedism eruditeness erudition learnedness

相关短语

cover letter （附于包裹或另一信件中作为说明或附言的）附函, 伴书 capital letter [计] 大写字母 open letter n. 公开信 letters patent [经] 专利证, 特许证 letters close 密封函令 Letters and Science letters of recommendation letters of credit letters after one's name letters to the editor letters of horning letters of comment letters of marque 捕拿(敌国商船或货物以追偿海事损失的)特许证，报复许可证 letters of comfort letters of attorney