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    The connotation of a word is the extra idea or feeling it brings along, on top of its basic meaning. “” and “childish” can point to the same age, but one feels innocent and the other feels silly — that extra shadow is the connotation. “Home” means the place you live; it often also makes people think of warmth, family, and safety. Writers choose words for these shadows as much as for the plain dictionary sense.

    The connotation of a word is the extra idea or feeling it brings along一個字的connotation是它額外帶來的想法或感覺 on top of its basic meaning疊加在它基本意思之上 'Childlike' and 'childish''childlike'和'childish'這兩個字 can point to the same age可以指同樣的年紀 but one feels innocent and the other feels silly但一個給人天真的感覺，另一個給人愚蠢的感覺 that extra shadow is the connotation那多出來的那層影子就是connotation 'Home' means the place you live'home'意思是你住的地方 it often also makes people think of warmth, family, and safety它也常常讓人聯想到溫暖、家人，和安全感 Writers choose words for these shadows作家選字時會考慮這些言外的影子 as much as for the plain dictionary sense就跟考慮字典上的字面意思一樣重要

    Though actually, the extra meaning is not a law: a word can feel warm in one group and cold in another, and it can change with time.

    Though actually不過事實上 the extra meaning is not a law這種額外的意思不是鐵律 a word can feel warm in one group and cold in another同一個字在這個群體裡感覺溫暖，在另一個群體裡可能感覺冷冰冰 and it can change with time而且會隨時間改變

    In school you will meet the pair denotation (the plain meaning) and connotation (the extra meaning). People also stretch the word to the feeling around a colour, a brand, or a name, not only a word.

    In school you will meet the pair在學校你會遇到這一對詞 denotation (the plain meaning)denotation（字面意思） and connotation (the extra meaning)和connotation（額外的意思） People also stretch the word大家也把這個字延伸用 to the feeling around a colour, a brand, or a name去講一個顏色、一個品牌，或一個名字給人的感覺 not only a word不只限於一個字

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成From Latin con- “together, with” + notō “to mark, to note,” plus -ation. Equivalent to connote + -ation: a marking-along-with.

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  • connotethe verb this noun is built from
  • connotativethe adjective for this extra layer of meaning
  • denotethe contrasting verb for the plain meaning; both rest on Latin notō, “to mark”

原始詞典資料2 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。

connotationnoun/ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/

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    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

    • The word "advisedly" has a connotation of "wisely", although it denotes merely "intentionally" and "deliberately."
    • The word "happy" has a positive connotation, while "sad" has a negative connotation.
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    human-scienceslogicmathematicsThe attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.

    • The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).

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。