word的词语用法

1. [C] 字,词 the smallest unit of spoken language which has meaning and can stand alone
2. [C] (说的)话,话语,言语 anything said; remark or statement
3. [S] 消息,信息; 谣言 piece of news; message; rumour
4. [S] 口令,号令; 命令 spoken command or signal
5. [S] 诺言,保证 a promise

1. vt. 用词语表达; 选用 express (sth) in particular words; phrase sth

1. a unit of language that native speakers can identify;

   "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"
   "he hardly said ten words all morning"
   

2. a brief statement;

   "he didn't say a word about it"
   

3. information about recent and important events;

   "they awaited news of the outcome"
   

4. a verbal command for action;

   "when I give the word, charge!"
   

5. an exchange of views on some topic;

   "we had a good discussion"
   "we had a word or two about it"
   

6. a promise;

   "he gave his word"
   

7. a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory;

   "large computers use words up to bits long"
   

8. the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
9. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group;

   "he forgot the password"
   

10. the sacred writings of the Christian religions;

    "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
    

1. put into words or an expression;

   "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
   

a man of his word

守信用的人 a person who keeps his promise

at a word

立刻 right now; immediately

be as good as one's word

说话算数 keep one's promises

break one's word

食言 fail to keep a promise

eat one's words

收回前言 take back one's words

Famous last words!

你自称的!你说的! So you claim!

have a word in sb's ear

与…说悄悄话 speak to sb in private

have a word with

和…简单谈谈 talk briefly to sb

have the last〔final〕 word

强辩到底 make the final comment in an argument

have words

争吵 quarrel

in a word

总而言之 in brief〔conclusion〕

in other words

换句话说 putting in another way

in word

在口头上 orally

keep one's word

遵守诺言,守信用 keep a promise

man〔woman〕 of few〔many〕 words

沉默寡言〔多言〕的人 sb who says little〔much〕

my word!

〈口〉哎呀!天哪!好家伙! (exclamation of surprise)

not a word

什么也别说; 别说 not say anything; be silent

not in so many words

不明确地 not exactly

not the word for it

不恰当的字眼 an understatement

operative word

最重要的词 most significant word

pick one's words

谨慎措辞 choose those words that express one's meaning best, that will not cause offence, etc.

put in a good word for

为…说好话,为…说情 praise sb/sth; recommend sb/sth

swallow one's words

承认说错了话 admit that one has said sth wrong

take at sb's words

相信…的话; 照…的话做 believe sb without question; do sth at sb's words
take sb at sb's words

When the hotel manager promised us a first-class dinner, we foolishly took him at his words.

当旅馆经理许诺说给我们提供一流的饭菜时,我们傻乎乎地对他的话信以为真。

He suggested that if I was not satisfied I should leave, so I took him at his words.

他暗示说,如果我不满意就离开,于是我就照他的话做了。

take the words out of sb's mouth

抢先讲出某人要讲的话 anticipate what sb is about to say

upon my word

的确,真的 on my honour

with this〔these〕 words

说着就… as saying

word for word

一字不变地 exactly as spoken or written

words fail

无法用语言来表达,激动得说不出话来 be unable to find words to express one's feelings

生活对话

A：Yelling to Rose) Rose, Don and I are going to buy some drinks.
（对柔丝大嚷）柔丝，我和唐要去买些饮料。

word的翻译

B：(Quietly to Sue) Rose and Herb are from the Dark Ages!
（对苏咬耳朵）柔丝和赫伯简直是黑暗时期的人！

word的意思

A：I've never seen two people who are so nervous when together.
我从来没见过两个人在一起这么紧张的。

B：This is going to be a major disaster.
这次下场会极惨。

A：You're right. They won't say aword to each other...
没错。他们接下来大概无言以对……

B：...the whole evening.
……一整个晚上。

A：They won't get together, ever.
他们俩永远不会在一起的。

Learning Vocabulary-(学习词汇)

A：I don't understand why we have to memorize conversations.We need more vocabulary, not pronunciation.
我弄不懂为什么我们一定要记住会话。我们需要的是词汇，而不是发音。

B：Don't you think memorizing conversations is a part of learning vocabulary?Every time we memorize a conversation, we're memorizing a whole series of contexts.Each context tells us one way aword can be used.I know from my own language that I can't always use words by simply looking them up in a dictionary and then putting them into sentences. Some words have many meanings. We have to know which meanings go where.
你不认为记住会话是学习词汇的一个组成部分吗？每当我们记住一句会话，我们就记住了全部的上下文。而这上下文可以供我们了解一个单词的一种用法。我从自己的语言中意识到，光靠查词典然后把这些词汇拼成句子，并不意味着会正确使用这些词。有些意识有很多解释。我们必须弄清楚在哪种情况下适用哪一种解释。

at a word, in a word

这两个短语意思不同:at a word的意思是“一口气”“立刻”,用来加强谓语的语气; in a word的意思是“一句话”“总而言之”,用来总结全部意见,常放在句首。

in a word, in word

这两个短语意思不同:in word的意思是“口头上”“表面上”, in a word是“总而言之”的意思。

下面两个句子的意思不同:

He was at a loss for word.

他一时找不到一个合适的词。

He was at a loss for words.

他不知如何表达。

word，vocabulary，language，term，lexicon

这些名词均有“文字，词，语言”之意。

word普通用词，指语言的最小单位的单词、字，也可指话、整句话或一段话。

vocabulary集合名词，指词汇、语汇或词汇量。

language普通用词，指国家、民族或种族内部使用，已经系统化的语言。

term指专业术语。

lexicon指某种语言、某人或某一知识领域的全部词汇。