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alphabet

noun
🔊/ˈælfəbet/
🔊/ˈælfəbet/
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  1. a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order used for writing a language（一种语言的）字母表，全部字母
    • the letters of the alphabet字母
    • the Hebrew/Cyrillic alphabet希伯来语/西里尔字母
    • Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.安妮·利博维茨的摄影展
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • Arabic
    • Cyrillic
    • Greek
    • …
    verb + alphabet
    • know
    • learn
    • recite
    • …
    preposition
    • in the alphabet
    phrases
    • the letters of the alphabet
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    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from late Latin alphabetum, from Greek alpha, bēta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.