- 1aB2/ˌælfəˈbetɪkəl/字母順序的；字母的
relating to the letters of the alphabet, especially arranged in the order of those letters, from A to Z.
示範例句 · Example
Our teacher wrote the names in alphabetical order, so Aisha is first and Zoe is last.
逐字我們的老師把名字寫成字母順序，所以 Aisha 是第一個，Zoe 是最後一個。
「alphabetical」跟 alphabet（字母表）有關，實際用的時候幾乎都是「照 A→Z 的字母順序排的」，像名單、目錄、字典、檔案。可以想成：只要東西是照 abc 排好的，就用 alphabetical。它最常放在名詞前面（alphabetical order／alphabetical list）；如果要講「排列」這個動作，英文改用副詞 alphabetically，例如 The names are listed alphabetically。
常見搭配
in alphabetical order
按照字母順序
arranged from A to Z
List the names in alphabetical order.
alphabetical list
字母順序的清單
a list arranged from A to Z
The back of the book has an alphabetical list of every animal.
alphabetical index
字母順序索引
a list at the back of a book, arranged from A to Z, showing where to find things
Use the alphabetical index to find the page about volcanoes.
alphabetical by last name
照姓氏的字母順序
sorted from A to Z using people's family names
The class list is alphabetical by last name.
arrange something alphabetically
把東西照字母順序排
to put things in order from A to Z
Leo arranged the folders alphabetically before class.
意思相近
alphabeticA-Z
意思相反
randomunsorted
core核心畫面
Think of the fixed run of letters from A to Z, used as a ready-made order for putting things in a line.
同家族的字
- 名詞alphabet
- 形容詞alphabetic
- 副詞alphabetically
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
alphabeticaladj/ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/
- 1
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
- Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.
- 2
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
- All names were placed into an alphabetical list.
- 3
obsoleteliteral
- But if an alphabeticall servility must be still urged, it may so fall out,
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- alphabetical jigsaw
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。