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 count signified his intention of dining alone, and that no one but Ali should attend him.
  伯爵表示他想独自进餐，只要阿里一个侍候他。
• 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。
• The wrinkles on his face signified that he had lived a hard life.
  他脸上的皱纹表示他饱受人间的辛酸。
• It signified the journey that had to be made to find the light of truth.
  象征了去寻找真理之光，必须经过的旅程。
• What can be signified as a nation or a place's origin of civilization and the power of survival?
  一个民族，一个地方，以什么来说明其文明的渊源和生存的力量？
• By raising his hand he signified that he had some questions.
  他举手表示有一些问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• But Peter signified that he did want it.
  可是彼得表示它确实想要。
• The concept of arbitrariness in De Saussures semiology theory is based on the negation of nominalism, including both the arbitrariness of value and that between the signifier and the signified.
  索绪尔的任意性概念是建立在否定语言命名观的基础之上的，它包括价值任意性、能指与所指之间的任意性两种。