let·ter

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【释义】：

n．❶ 字母：a capital(small) letter 大写(小写)字母．❷ 信，公文，证书：a letter of introduction一封介绍信． tere is a letter for you．有你一封信．Inform me by letter of your plans．写信把你的计划告诉我．letters patent专利特许证．❸ (pl．)文学，学问：Lu Hsun was a great man of letters．鲁迅是伟大的文学家．❹ 字句，字面意义：in letter and in spirit形式上和实质上．letter worship拘泥字句．keep(or hold to)the letter of the law(an agreement)拘泥于法律(协定)的条文．to the letter 不折不扣地，严格地：Welll carry out Chairman Mao’s great fighting call to the letter．我们要不折不扣地执行毛主席的伟大战斗号令．❺ 【印】字体，铅字：Roman(italic) letters正(斜)体字．black letters黑体字．

－vt．❶ 写上字，印上字．❷ 用字母分类编号．let·ter·ing n．文字，写法，写字，刻字，印字．