sign

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /saɪn/    美 /saɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen. countable,uncountable
    — Their angry expressions were a clear sign they didn't want to talk.
  2. A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.; An omen. countable,uncountable
    — "It's a sign of the end of the world," the doom prophet said.
  3. A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.; A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, can be detected objectively by someone other than the patient. countable,uncountable
    — Signs of disease are objective, whereas symptoms are subjective.
  4. A mark or another symbol used to represent something. countable,uncountable
    — The sharp sign indicates that the pitch of the note is raised a half step.
  5. Physical evidence left by an animal. Australia,Canada,US,uncountable
    — The hunters found deer sign at the end of the trail.
  6. A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures. countable,uncountable
    — The sign in the window advertised a room for rent.
  7. A wonder; miracle; prodigy. countable,uncountable
    — And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
  8. An astrological sign. countable,uncountable
    — Your sign is Taurus? That's no surprise.
  9. Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign. countable,uncountable
    — I got the magnitude right, but the sign was wrong.
  10. A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages. countable,uncountable
    — And why not, as well as our dumbe men dispute, argue and tell histories by signes?
  11. Sign language in general. uncountable
    — Sorry, I don't know sign very well.
  12. A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).) countable,uncountable
    — A Noun substantive and a Noun adjective may be thus distinguished, that a substantive may have the sign a or the before it; as, puer, a boy, the boy; but an adjective cannot, as, bonus, good.
  13. A military emblem carried on a banner or standard. countable,uncountable
    — The great Ensign of Messiah blaz'd Aloft by Angels born, his Sign in Heav'n.
动词 v.
  1. To make a mark; To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol. archaic,transitive
    — The Queen signed her letter with the regal signet.
  2. To make a mark; To mark, to put or leave a mark on. transitive
    — Meantime revolving in his thoughtful mind / The scar, with which his manly knee was sign'd […].
  3. To make a mark; To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. transitive
    — Enquire the Iewes house out, giue him this deed, / And let him signe it […].
  4. To make a mark; More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc. transitive
    — I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt.
  5. To make a mark; To write (one's name) as a signature. reflexive,transitive
    — Just sign your name at the bottom there.
  6. To make a mark; To write one's signature. intransitive
    — Please sign on the dotted line.
  7. To make a mark; To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc. intransitive
    — Agents say Wales back Gavin Henson has signed for Cardiff Blues.
  8. To make a mark; To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract. transitive
    — It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players.
  9. To make the sign of the cross; To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross. transitive
    — We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross.
  10. To make the sign of the cross; To cross oneself. reflexive
    — Shaking a fist at him with one fierce arm, / Signing himself with the other because of Christ.
  11. To indicate; To communicate using a gesture or signal. intransitive
    — I signed to Brown to make his retreat.
  12. To indicate; To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign. transitive
    — Pierre signed his acquiescence, and Isabel proceeded:
  13. To indicate; To communicate using gestures to (someone). transitive
    — He signed me that I should follow him through the doorway.
  14. To indicate; To use sign language. intransitive
  15. To indicate; To furnish (a road etc.) with signs. transitive
  16. To determine the sign of
  17. To determine the sign of; To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign. transitive

词形变化

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词汇关系

衍生词
addition sign aftersign air sign Asboe-Hansen sign astrological sign at sign Babinski's sign bad sign barber's sign Battle's sign bear sign biosign Blumberg sign Boas' sign callsign call sign Chaddock's sign Chilaiditi sign Chilaiditi's sign Chvostek sign cuckoo sign currency sign cut for sign day sign Deuel's halo sign devil sign direction sign ditto sign division sign dollar sign doll's eye sign dreamsign earth sign equal sign equals sign equality sign exit sign Faget sign fan sign fansign fat pad sign fire sign gang sign ghost sign give way sign Grisolle's sign halo sign Hamman's sign handicapped sign hang-loose sign hard sign Harvey Smith sign hash sign headsign hex sign high sign home sign hyalosign Indian sign infinity sign interpretation sign interp sign Kernig's sign kitchen sign Koch's sign Koplik's sign Lazarus sign lectosign Leser-Trélat sign Lhermitte sign Lhermitte's sign loser sign Macewen's sign matchbox sign minus-plus sign minus sign monument sign moon sign Mount Fuji sign multiplication sign multisign Murphy's sign Myerson's sign namesign nationality sign neon sign Nikolsky's sign noosign not equal sign null sign number sign numero sign OK sign paragraph sign peace sign percent sign plus-minus sign plus sign pound sign Pratt's sign projecting sign protosign pylon sign repeat sign Risser sign road sign rollsign Romana's sign Russell's sign sail sign Schamroth's sign seat belt sign section sign shilling sign signary sign bit signboard signcrypt signee sign function signholder signiconic signist sign language signless signlike signmaker signmaking signman sign manual sign name sign of contradiction sign of life sign of the horns sign of the times sign of the zodiac signpainter signpost sign ruler sign spinner sign twirler sign-value notation sign waver signwriter signwriting snowman sign soft sign sonsign star sign stop-go sign stop sign stopsign street sign subsign sun sign supersign take sign times sign Tinel's sign tourist-oriented destination sign traffic sign Trousseau's sign Uhthoff's sign victory sign vital sign vowel sign V sign wall sign warning sign Wartenberg's sign water sign Wellens' sign Westermark sign Winterbottom's sign yield sign zodiac sign foresign autosign codesign co-sign cosign countersign e-sign missign presign resign re-sign signability signable sign away sign in signing bonus sign into sign into law sign off sign on sign one's death warrant sign one's life away sign one's own death warrant sign on the dotted line sign onto sign out sign over sign up undersign unsign
相关词
signage signaletic signatory signal signature signet signify

词源

词源 1
From Middle English signe, sygne, syng, seine, sine, syne, from Old English seġn (“sign; mark; token”) and Old French signe, seing (“sign; mark; signature”); both from Latin signum (“a mark; sign; token”); root uncertain. Doublet of signum and signal. Partially displaced native token.
词源 2
From Middle English signen, seinen, seinien, partly from Old English seġnian (“to mark; sign”) and partly from Anglo-Norman seigner, seiner et al., Old French signer et al., and their source Latin signāre (“to mark, seal, indicate, signify”); all from Latin signum (“a mark, sign”); see Etymology 1, above. Compare sain.
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