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    semiotics

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Linguistics
    sem·i·ot·ics /ˌsemiˈɒtɪks $ -ˈɑːt-/ (also semiology /ˌsemiˈɒlədʒi $ -ˈɑːl-/) noun [uncountable] technical  SLthe way in which people communicate through signs and images, or the study of this 符号语言；符号学n GRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?Semiotics is followed by a singular verb: Semiotics is the study of signs. —semiotic adjective —semiotician /ˌsemiəˈtɪʃən/ (also semiologist) noun [countable]
    Examples from the Corpus
    semiotics• Here the influence of psychoanalysis has to he taken into account alongside semiotics, together with the concerns of social history.• This thus stands as a starting point for exploring the potential of complex semiotics as a mode of analysis of the photographic.• Literary theory, drawing on other disciplines, including semiotics and linguistics, seeks for underlying structures and meanings in literature.• I have no pretensions to the type of expert knowledge of semiotics that students of linguistics will have.• Social semiotics, taking account of questions of interpretation and context, inflects the emphasis specifically towards cultural artefacts and social behaviour.• Cohen was an artist who studies semiotics, or the cultural meaning of signs and symbols.• I attempted to explain the semiotics of George of the Jungle, feckless would-be Tarzan, for ever crashing into the nearest tree.• Karl Barth's theology can thus be accurately described as a semiology, a theological semiotics.    Origin semiotics (1600-1700) Greek semeiotikos “looking at and understanding signs”, from semeion “sign”
    sem·i·ot·ics noun →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
    the in communicate Corpus people which through way


    semiotics
    sem‧i‧ot‧ics /ˌsemiˈɒtɪks $ -ˈɑːt-/ (also sem‧i‧ol‧o‧gy /ˌsemiˈɒlədʒi $ -ˈɑːl-/) noun [uncountable] technical
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Greek
     Origin: semeiotikos 'looking at and understanding signs', from semeion 'sign'
    the way in which people communicate through signs and images, or the study of this
    —semiotic adjective
    —semiotician /ˌsemiəˈtɪʃən/ (also semiologist) noun [countable]


    semi·ot·icsBrE /ˌsemiˈɒtɪks/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsemiˈɑːtɪks/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the study of signs and symbols and of their meaning and use 符号学<titled tranID="37" status="2">Education<chnsep> </chnsep><chn>教育</chn></titled>

    Learning 学习

    • acquire/get/lack (an) education/training/(BrE) (some) qualifications 获得／缺少教育／培训／资格
    • receive/provide sb with training/tuition 得到／给某人提供培训／指导
    • develop/design/plan a curriculum/(especially BrE) course/(NAmE) program/syllabus 制订课程方案／教学大纲
    • give/go to/attend a class/lesson/lecture/seminar 讲课；上课；举办／参加／出席研讨会
    • hold/run/conduct a class/seminar/workshop 办班；举办研讨会／讲习班
    • sign up for/take a course/classes/lessons 报名参加／修读课程

    School 学校

    • go to/start preschool/kindergarten/nursery school 上学前班／幼儿园／托儿所
    • be in the first, second, etc. (NAmE) grade/(especially BrE) year (at school) 在读一年级、二年级等
    • study/take/drop history/chemistry/German, etc. 修读／放弃修历史课／化学课／德语课等
    • (BrE) leave/finish/drop out of/ (NAmE) quit school 离校；完成学业；辍学；退学
    • (NAmE) graduate high school/college 高中／大学毕业

    Problems at school 在学校遇到的问题

    • be the victim/target of bullying 成为被欺负的受害者／对象
    • (BrE) play truant from/ (both BrE, informal) bunk off/skive off school (= not go to school when you should) 逃学
    • (both especially NAmE) skip/cut class/school 逃课；逃学
    • (BrE) cheat in/(NAmE) cheat on an exam/a test 考试作弊
    • get/be given a detention (for doing sth) （因做了某事）被罚放学后留校
    • be expelled from/be suspended from school 被学校开除／暂时停学

    Work and exams 功课和考试

    • do your homework/(BrE) revision/a project on sth 做家庭作业；复习功课；对…做专题研究
    • work on/write/do/submit an essay/a dissertation/a thesis/an assignment/(NAmE) a paper 写／提交文章／学位论文／毕业论文／作业／论文
    • finish/complete your dissertation/thesis/studies/coursework 完成学位论文／毕业论文／学业／课程作业
    • hand in/ (NAmE) turn in your homework/essay/assignment/paper 提交家庭作业／文章／作业／论文
    • study/prepare/ (BrE) revise/ (NAmE) review/ (NAmE, informal) cram for a test/an exam 为应考而学习／准备／复习／临时死记硬背
    • take/ (both BrE) do/sit a test/an exam 参加考试
    • (especially BrE) mark/ (especially NAmE) grade homework/a test 给作业／考试打分
    • (BrE) do well in/ (NAmE) do well on/ (informal, especially NAmE) ace a test/an exam 在考试中取得好成绩
    • pass/fail/ (informal, especially NAmE) flunk a test/an exam/a class/a course/a subject 测验／考试／课程／学科及格／不及格

    University 大学

    • apply to/get into/go to/start college/(BrE) university 申请／上／开始上大学
    • leave/graduate from law school/college/(BrE) university (with a degree in computer science) 离开／毕业于法学院；离开大学；大学毕业（取得计算机科学的学位）
    • study for/take/ (BrE) do/complete a law degree/a degree in physics 攻读／读完法学学位／物理学位课程
    • (both NAmE) major/minor in biology/philosophy 主修／辅修生物学／哲学
    • earn/receive/be awarded/get/have/hold a master's degree/a bachelor's degree/a PhD in economics 获得／被授予／拿到／拥有经济学硕士学位／学士学位／博士学位
    ▸ semi·ot·ic BrE /ˌsemiˈɒtɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsemiˈɑːtɪk/ 🔊 adjective◆semiotic analysis符号分析