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Semantic means “about what words mean” — not about spelling, not about how a sentence is built, but about the meaning sitting in the words. A semantic question is: does this word point to the same idea as that one?
Semantic意思是 means “about what words mean”「跟字詞的意思有關」 — not about spelling不是跟拼字有關 not about how a sentence is built也不是跟句子怎麼組成有關 but而是 about the meaning sitting in the words跟字詞裡藏著的意思有關 A semantic question一個semantic的問題 is是 does this word point to the same idea as that one這個字和那個字是不是指向同一個概念
Linguists use it all the time. Computer people use it too, when they talk about a semantic error: the code is legal as grammar, but it does not mean what you wanted.
Linguists語言學家 use it all the time一直都在用它 Computer people寫程式的人 use it too也會用它 when they talk about a semantic error當他們講到semantic error(語意錯誤)的時候 the code程式碼 is legal as grammar在文法上是合法的 but但 it它 does not mean what you wanted沒有表達出你想要的意思
The everyday cousin is simply “the meaning of the word”; semantic is the slightly school-and-university way of pointing at that same area. People also stretch it: a semantic argument is one where you agree on the facts but you are fighting over what a word covers.
The everyday cousin日常說法的表親 is simply就只是 “the meaning of the word”「這個字的意思」 semantic而semantic是 is the slightly school-and-university way比較偏學校、學術的說法 of pointing at that same area指向同一個範圍 People人們 also stretch it也會把它延伸來用 a semantic argument一場semantic的爭論 is one where是那種 you agree on the facts你們對事實有共識 but但 you are fighting over卻在爭 what a word covers一個字涵蓋的範圍
組成Borrowed from Ancient Greek sēmantikós, from sēma, “sign, mark”. French sémantique is a close cousin.
同家族的字
- semanticsthe study of meaning; semantic is the adjective for that field
- semanticallythe adverb: in a way that is about meaning
- semaphoreshares the same Greek sêma, “sign”
原始詞典資料4 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。
semanticadj/sɪˈmæntɪk/
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Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.
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artscomputingdesignReflecting intended structure and meaning.
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slangPetty or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, niggling.
semanticnoun/sɪˈmæntɪk/
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human-scienceslinguisticssciencesIn such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its meaning; contrasted with phonetic.
- Its semantic is polysyllabic, viz. it uses the word formations of spoken Chinese.
- In this particular case, the semantic is on the left of its host sinogram.
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。