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words (angry debate or conversation) noun [UK: ˈwɜːdz] [US: ˈwɝːdz] | 争吵 /zhēngchǎo/noun 气话 /qìhuà/noun 氣話noun 爭吵noun |
words (lines in a script for a performance) noun [UK: ˈwɜːdz] [US: ˈwɝːdz] | 台词 /táicí/noun 臺詞noun |
Word [words] (Creative word of God) noun [UK: ˈwɜːd] [US: ˈwɝːd] | 道 /Dào/noun |
wordsmith (apply craftsman-like skills to word use) verb [UK: ˈwɜːd.smɪθ] [US: ˈwɝːd.smɪθ] | 巧妙地运用语言 /qiǎomiào de yùnyòng yǔyán/verb 巧妙地運用語言verb |
wordsmith (one who uses words skillfully) noun [UK: ˈwɜːd.smɪθ] [US: ˈwɝːd.smɪθ] | |
word search (a word game) noun | 找詞遊戲noun |
a picture is worth a thousand words (visualisation is better than verbal description) phrase | 一幅画能画出千言万语 /yī fú huà néng huà chū qiānyánwànyǔ/phrase 一幅畫能畫出千言萬語phrase 百聞不如一見phrase |
actions speak louder than words (it is more effective to act than speak) phrase | 事实胜于雄辩 /shìshí shèng yú xióngbiàn/phrase 事實勝於雄辯phrase 行勝於言phrase 行胜于言phrase |
buzzword [buzzwords] (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon) noun [UK: ˈbʌz.wɜːd] [US: ˈbʌz.wərd] | 流行詞noun 流行词 /liúxíngcí/noun 行話noun 行话 /hánghuà/noun |
crossword [crosswords] (word puzzle) noun [UK: ˈkrɒ.swɜːd] [US: ˈkrɒ.ˌswərd] | 填字遊戲noun 縱橫字謎noun |
eat one's words (regret something said) verb [UK: iːt wʌnz ˈwɜːdz] [US: ˈiːt wʌnz ˈwɝːdz] | 承認說錯話verb |
foreword [forewords] (an introductory section) noun [UK: ˈfɔː.wɜːd] [US: ˈfɔˌrwərd] | 前言 /qiányán/noun 序 /xù/noun |
headword [headwords] (word used as the title of a section) noun [UK: ˈhe.dwɜːd] [US: ˈhe.dwɝːd] | 标题字 /biāodìzì/noun 標題字noun |
in other words (stated or interpreted another way) preposition [UK: ɪn ˈʌð.ə(r) ˈwɜːdz] [US: ɪn ˈʌð.r̩ ˈwɝːdz] | 就是說preposition 就是说 /jiùshìshuō/preposition 换句话说 /huànjùhuàshuō/preposition 換句話說preposition |
keyword [keywords] (word used as a key to a code) noun [UK: ˈkiː.wɜːd] [US: ˈkiː.ˌwərd] | 关键词 /guānjiàncí/noun 關鍵詞noun |