1. 預示;是…的征兆;表示;是…的標志 If one thing denotes another, it is a sign or indication of it.
e.g. Red eyes denote strain and fatigue... 眼睛充血表明壓力過(guò)大、身心疲憊。 e.g. There was a message waiting, denoting that someone had been here ahead of her. 有了一條留言,這表示有人已先于她到了這兒。
2. (符號等)代表,是…的標記 What a symbol denotes is what it represents.
e.g. In figure 24 'D' denotes quantity demanded and 'S' denotes quantity supplied. 在圖 24 中,D 代表需求量而 S 代表供應量。
3. 意思是;指代 What a word or name denotes is what it means or refers to.
denote的近義詞
e.g. In the Middle Ages the term 'drab' denoted a very simple type of woollen cloth which was used by peasants to make their clothes. 中世紀時(shí),drab(“本色布”)一詞指的是一種農民用來(lái)制衣的非常普通的羊毛織物。