词

词 [cí] 名

1. ■ （说话或诗歌、文章、戏剧中的语句） speech; statement; lines of play:

开幕词 opening speech;

台词 lines of an opera or play;

各执一词。 Each holds to his own statement.

我说了几句就没词儿了。 After a few sentences I became tongue-tied.

2. ■ （一种韵文形式， 起于唐代， 盛于宋代， 又称“长短句”） ci, a type of classical Chinese poetry, originating in the Tang Dynasty and fully developed in the Song Dynasty

3. ■ {语} （语言里最小的、可以自由运用的单位） word; term:

贬[褒]义词 derogatory [commendatory] term;

反义词 antonym;

同义词 synonym