A monogram is a small design made from the first letters of someone’s names, often drawn so the letters sit on top of each other or twist into one picture. People put monograms on towels, shirts, bags, writing paper, and silver — a way of marking “this is mine” without writing the whole name. Anna Lin might have a monogram of A and L.

A monogram字母組合 is a small design是一種小小的設計 made from the first letters of someone's names用某人名字的字首字母做成, often drawn so the letters sit on top of each other or twist into one picture常常畫成讓字母疊在一起，或纏繞成一個圖案。People put monograms on towels, shirts, bags, writing paper, and silver人們會把字母組合放在毛巾、襯衫、包包、信紙和銀器上 — a way of marking "this is mine" without writing the whole name這是一種不用寫出全名，就能標示「這是我的」的方式。Anna Lin might have a monogram of A and L像Anna Lin可能就會有一個A和L組成的字母組合。

It is not a signature (that is your name written by hand), and it is not automatically a company logo, though some brands make their logo look like a monogram. The word is also a verb: to monogram a shirt is to stitch or print that letter-design onto it.

It is not a signature它不是簽名 (that is your name written by hand)（簽名是你親手寫下的名字）, and it is not automatically a company logo它也不必然是公司的logo, though some brands make their logo look like a monogram不過有些品牌會把logo做得像字母組合。The word is also a verb這個詞也可以當動詞: to monogram a shirt把字母組合繡到襯衫上 is to stitch or print that letter-design onto it就是把那個字母設計繡上去或印上去。

You meet it in fashion, gifts, and slightly fancy homes more than in schoolbooks. Though actually, the older Greek idea behind the pieces was “drawn with single lines,” not “one letter”; English later used it for a design of letters, and people now also read it as mono- (one) + -gram (writing).

You meet it你會在 in fashion, gifts, and slightly fancy homes時尚、禮品和有點講究的居家用品裡遇到它, more than in schoolbooks比在課本裡常見得多。Though actually不過其實, the older Greek idea behind the pieces最早希臘文裡的概念 was "drawn with single lines,"是「用單一線條畫成」, not "one letter"而不是「一個字母」; English later used it for a design of letters後來英文把它用來指字母組成的設計, and people now also read it as mono- (one) + -gram (writing)現在人們也把它拆成mono-（一）加-gram（書寫）來理解。