meaning

1.meaning可以用作类名词，也可以用作抽象名词。例如：This is a word with six distinct meanings. 和Words change their meaning with time.

2.说“…作什么解释？”可以用What is the meaning of...?或What is its meaning?来表达但不及What does...mean?普通。参见mean 5

3.下面两句都可以说，意思相同：

• This word has three senses.
• This word has three meanings.

在in this sense, in every sense, in the strict sense, in the ordinary sense等表达方式里的sense改作meaning也可以，但不普通。

4.English meaning不可用作“英语解释”解，如不可说The English meaning of boy is male child，该说Boy means male child。English meaning指某词或某语“在英国的解释”。