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单词 meaning
释义
meaning
noun
uk
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/

meaningnoun(OF WORD/WRITING/SIGN, ETC.)

B1[CorU]
The meaning of something is what itexpressesorrepresents:
意思，意义；含义
The word "flight" has two different meanings: aplanejourney, and theactofrunningaway.flight 一词有两个不同的意思：航程和逃跑。
The meaning of hisgesturewasclear.他手势的含义很清楚。
Hisnovelsoften have (a)hiddenmeaning.他的小说常有隐含意义。
More examples
  • The meaning of asentenceoftendependsonstressandintonation.
  • Theliteralmeaning of 'television' is 'seeingfrom adistance'.
  • It's sometimes verydifficulttodrawacleardistinctionbetween the meanings of different words.
  • Let's just say we had 'problems', if you get my meaning.
  • Theskullat thebottomof thepicturehas asymbolicmeaning - itrepresentsdeath.
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  • locutionary
  • mean
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  • meaningfulness
  • meaningless
  • purport
  • sense
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meaningnoun(IMPORTANCE)

B2[U]
importanceorvalue:
重要性；价值
Thebirthof her firstgrandchildgave new meaning to herlife.第一个孙辈孩子的出生给她的生命带来了新的意义。
Education had nogreatmeaningforhim until muchlaterin hislife.直到许多年之后，教育对他而言才显出了重要价值。
More examples
  • Philosophers havesearchedformillenniabut they haven'tfoundthe meaning oflife.
  • Since Istartedthisjob, mylifehas had new meaning.
  • Theworkmust beproductive, to give it some meaning.
  • Theseyoungsterscannotseethe meaning ineducation.
  • Wealth has no meaning for them.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • seriousness
  • status
  • supremacy
  • transcendence
  • urgency
  • value
  • weight
  • weightage
  • worth
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Grammar

Nouns
Nouns are one of the four major word classes, along with verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Nouns are the largest word class.…
(Definition ofmeaningfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

meaning| American Dictionary

meaning
noun
us
/ˈmi·nɪŋ/

meaningnoun(IMPORTANCE)

[U]
importanceorvalue:
Life hadlostitsmeaning for her.

meaningnoun(EXPRESSION)

[C/U]
what somethingrepresentsorexpresses:
[C]Do youknowthe meaning of this word?
[C]The word has severalmeanings.
(Definition ofmeaningfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmeaning

meaning
Subjecting "force" and "attraction" to rigorous mathematical treatment does not entail that "force" and "attraction" are transformed into pure mathematical concepts without any physicalmeaning.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In such a framework, there would seem to be no reason not to include socialmeaningalong with 'ordinary' semantics and pragmatics.
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It also suggests that traditional ways of telling the story overlook what sustains ordinary folk intent on finding religiousmeaningand identity.
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We do not simply, through being rational and knowing ordinary language, 'know' themeaningof all necessary moral words.
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These birds do not fly away when free; they (choose to) inhabit the human world, which protects them and gives them human meanings.
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That is, there is a commonality of effect consistent with this region's role in the integration of sound andmeaning.
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However, the activation of semantic representations necessary for the retention ofmeaningwill continue to be sustained in the postsentence retention interval.
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Or, adopting a distributed point of view, conceptual representations of verbs may share fewermeaningelements in a bilingual's memory than those of nouns.
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However, the circumstances and psychologicalmeaningsurrounding separation from a parent may play as important a role as the fact of the separation itself.
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If they thought both meanings were synonymous, then they were told to choose themeaningthat would be the most likely used for the sentence.
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The third group was taught both pronunciation andmeaning, providing the full set of lexical constituents.
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Symbolic meanings are constructed through historical traditions, articulated contextually and reproduced only in practice.
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The material world, present or past, is imbued with social structures that people invest with social and symbolic meanings.
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As these groups identified themselves with specific parts of the landscape, particular parts of it took on ritual and symbolic meanings.
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However, the transformation tools support symbolic reasoning, which may be used to explore themeaningof a specification at a much higher level of abstraction.
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Collocationswithmeaning

meaning

These are words often used in combination withmeaning.

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accepted meaning
Nicholson's starting point is the commonly accepted meaning of the word 'fusion' - the commercial imperative that led jazz to get into bed with rock at the end of the 1960s.
From theCambridge English Corpus
allegorical meaning
In principle, we may suppose that at one extreme the allegorical meaning is merely top-dressing, an occasional implication sparked by a detail.
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connotative meaning
The results yielded three underlying dimensions of affective/connotative meaning (evaluation, potency, and activity) that accounted for much of the variance in ratings.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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