signified

英 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪd]

n.  所指(语言符号的意义)
v.  表示; 说明; 预示; 表达，显示(感情、意愿等); 具有重要性; 要紧
signify的过去分词和过去式

复数：signifieds　过去式：signified　第三人称单数：signifieds　过去分词：signified　

BNC.29555

牛津词典

noun

• 所指（语言符号的意义）
  the meaning expressed by a linguistic sign, rather than its form

柯林斯词典

• VERB 表示;意味着;意思是
  If an event, a sign, or a symbolsignifiessomething, it is a sign of that thing or represents that thing.
  1. The contrasting approaches to Europe signified a sharp difference between the major parties...
     对欧洲截然不同的态度表明两大政党间存在巨大差异。
  2. The symbol displayed outside a restaurant signifies there's excellent cuisine inside.
     餐馆外的招牌表明里面有美味佳肴可以享用。
• VERB (用记号或手势)表明，表达，表示
  If yousignifysomething, you make a sign or gesture in order to communicate a particular meaning.
  1. Two jurors signified their dissent...
     两名陪审团成员表示了异议。
  2. The UN flag was raised at the airport yesterday to signify that control had passed into its hands.
     昨天机场升起了联合国的旗帜，表明控制权已移交给联合国了。

英英释义

noun

• the meaning of a word or expression
  1. the dictionary gave several senses for the word
  2. in the best sense charity is really a duty
  3. the signifier is linked to the signified
  Synonym:sense

双语例句

• The fact that he did not dare storm at me signified a weakened position.
  他不敢直接对我出言不逊，这说明他的地位已经削弱。
• Candidate here has the meaning that is defined in the hr namespace signified by that prefix.
  Candidate在这里拥有在由其前缀表明的hr名称空间中定义的含义。
• It also signified the continual achievement of its strategic target of "Multiple Brands, Complete Series".
  也标志着多品牌、全系列战略目标的不断实现。
• They found duck could hatch a brood of little ducks, which denoted ( signified) the original husbandry.
  他们发现鸭子能够孵出更多的小鸭子，这标志着原始畜牧业的开始。
• Two jurors signified their dissent
  两名陪审团成员表示了异议。
• Iconicity, a basic feature of linguistic symbols in contrast to arbitrariness, emphasizes that symbolic signifiers and signified are motivated.
  符号的象似性是与任意性相对的一种语言特征。
• As the reflection of the poetic characteristics in literary language, the signified of linguistic signs in children literature owns fuzziness.
  儿童文学语言符号的所指具有模糊性，它是文学语言的诗性特征的体现。
• The beautiful child understood nothing of all this, and signified it to him by imperceptible signs.
  那美丽的孩子一点也不懂这是什么意思，连连用一些察觉不出的动作向他表示。
• But Peter signified that he did want it.
  可是彼得表示它确实想要。
• She was in complete disagreement, and signified this fact in short order.
  她完全不同意，并且立即表明了这一事实。