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A mnemonic is a trick you make on purpose so something will stick in your memory — often a sentence, a little poem, or a silly phrase, sometimes a picture in your head. “Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain” for the colours of the rainbow is a mnemonic.
A mnemonicMnemonic is是 a trick you make on purpose故意設計出來的小技巧 so something will stick in your memory讓某件事能留在記憶裡 often a sentence, a little poem, or a silly phrase常常是一句話、一小段詩，或一句好笑的短語 sometimes a picture in your head有時候是腦中的一幅畫面 “Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain” for the colours of the rainbow用「Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain」來記彩虹的顏色 is a mnemonic就是一個mnemonic
The point is not to sound clever; it is to give your brain a handle it can hold, for a rule, a name, a list, or a formula.
The point is not to sound clever重點不是要聽起來很聰明 it is to give your brain a handle it can hold而是讓大腦有個抓得住的把手 for a rule, a name, a list, or a formula用來記規則、名字、清單或公式
Teachers and textbooks like the word; in ordinary talk you can say memory trick and be understood.
Teachers and textbooks like the word老師和課本喜歡用這個字 in ordinary talk you can say memory trick and be understood日常對話裡說memory trick別人也聽得懂
Though actually it does not have to be words — a tune or a movement of the fingers can do the same job — but the ones students meet first are usually sentences.
Though actually不過其實 it does not have to be words它不一定要是文字 a tune or a movement of the fingers can do the same job一段旋律或手指的動作也能有一樣的效果 but the ones students meet first are usually sentences但學生最先遇到的通常是句子
組成From Late Latin mnemonicus, from Ancient Greek mnēmonikós, “of memory, for remembering.” That comes from mnḗmōn, “mindful, remembering,” from a verb meaning “to remember,” plus -ic, “of or about.”
原始詞典資料6 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。
mnemonicadj詞源 1/nɪˈmɒnɪk/
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Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.
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Of or relating to mnemonics (“the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily”).
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Of or relating to memory.
mnemonicnoun詞源 2/nɪˈmɒnɪk/
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Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.
- Mr Avery was a great believer in mnemonics; he had one for every possible aspect of flying – which was as good a way as any for student pilots to familiarise themselves with their new environment, but unless used on a daily basis could also be dangerous, for there were so many of them.
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computingengineeringmathematicsThe human-readable, textual form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands.
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obsoleteSynonym of mnemonics (“the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily”).
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。