alphabet

【alphabet音标】 英[ˈælfəbet] 美[ˈælfəbet]

【单词释义】 alphabet是什么意思：

n.字母表；字母系统；入门，初步

[单词分级] 高考英语词汇

[单词复数] alphabets

【关联词/派生词】

alphabetical   adj.按字母（表）顺序的

alphabetic   adj. 字母的；属于字母的

【单词例句】

◇ An ambassador and a referee were consulting a professor on the caption of a Buddhistic alphabet when a sobbing woman stopped them to sell an antique musical bathtub.
一位大使和一位裁判正在就一张佛教符号表的文字说明请教教授，这时，一名哭哭啼啼的女人把他们拦住，要卖给他们一个古董音乐澡盆。

---- Pronunciation and Status

◇ Back before alphabets and writing, early human languages were surprisingly... uncolorful. There were words for "black" and "white' and "red" but not much else.
在字母和书写出现之前，早期人类语言“色彩单调”得让人惊诧。表示颜色的词只有“黑”、“白”和“红”。

---- Why so many fast food logos are red