If one thing denotes another, it is a sign or indication of it.
例句
Red eyes denote strain and fatigue...眼睛充血表明压力过大、身心疲惫。There was a message waiting, denoting that someone had been here ahead of her.有了一条留言,这表示有人已先于她到了这儿。
VERB
(符号等)代表,是…的标记
What a symbol denotes is what it represents.
例句
In figure 24 'D' denotes quantity demanded and 'S' denotes quantity supplied.在图 24 中,D 代表需求量而 S 代表供应量。
VERB
意思是;指代
What a word or name denotes is what it means or refers to.
例句
In the Middle Ages the term 'drab' denoted a very simple type of woollen cloth which was used by peasants to make their clothes.中世纪时,drab(“本色布”)一词指的是一种农民用来制衣的非常普通的羊毛织物。
英汉词典释义
vt.
为…的符号; 为…的名称,标志;预示;象征
In algebra, the sign X usually denotes an unknown quantity.在代数里, 符号X常用来表示未知数。
指示; 指出,表示;意指
We often denote danger by red letters.我们常常用红字表示危险。