denotation
n. 指示；意义；符号
近义词：meaning，import，sense，signification，significance，substance，proof，intention，extension，reference，indication，
英英释义
Noun
- the act of indicating or pointing out by name
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to;
"the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
例句
用作名词(n.)
- A good dictionary will give us the connotation of a word as well as its denotation.一本好字典不仅要告诉我们一个字的字面意义,同时还要告诉我们该字的言外之意。