lexis
名词 n.
英 /ˈlɛksɪs/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.
— Thus, alongside current lexis, words and senses now obsolete find a place in a dictionary on historical principles.
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Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.
— By the 1980s, English language teachers generally had begun to realize that there had been a neglect of lexis in teaching methods and coursebooks. […] The basic truth that without vocabulary or lexis we can't express anything had to be restated and a new approach to teaching lexis was needed.
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The vocabulary used by a writer.
— In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.
词汇关系
词源
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti
Proto-Hellenic *légō
Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek λέξῐς (léxĭs)lbor.
English lexis
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech, word”).
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti
Proto-Hellenic *légō
Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek λέξῐς (léxĭs)lbor.
English lexis
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech, word”).
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