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/ˈælfəbet/
All the letters used to write a language, kept in one fixed order — in English, A, B, C and the rest, all the way to Z.
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複數 alphabets
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The whole set of letters a language with, laid out in one agreed order that never changes — A, B, C … Z. Not the sounds, not the words: the boxes of parts you build words out of, kept in a fixed line so everyone can find things in the same place.
可以想成一個語言用來寫字的全套零件，而且這套零件永遠照同一個順序排好：A、B、C 一路排到 Z。重點有兩個——一是「…更多收起
可以想成一個語言用來寫字的全套零件，而且這套零件永遠照同一個順序排好：A、B、C 一路排到 Z。重點有兩個——一是「全套」，少一個就不叫 alphabet；二是「固定順序」，正因為順序是大家講好的，字典、名單、索引才排得出來，你也才找得到東西。它不是聲音，也不是單字，是拼出單字的那些零件本身。原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
alphabetnoun/ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/
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The set of letters used when writing in a language.
- The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.
- In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.
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A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
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A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
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computercomputingengineeringA typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
- Let L be a regular language over the alphabet #92;Sigma.
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dialectalAn individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
- The notes are named with the first seven alphabets.
- We realize the fact that the alphabet A has been used in many world scripts as a vowel with the others AEIOU.
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The simplest rudiments; elements.
- The very alphabet of our law.
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governmentpoliticsAn agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
alphabetverb/ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/
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rareTo designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。