note

1. N-COUNT A note is a short letter. 便條

Stevens wrote him a note asking him to come to his apartment. 史蒂文斯給他寫了個便條讓他到他的公寓來。

2. N-COUNT A note is something that you write down to remind yourself of something. 記錄; 筆記

I knew that if I didn't make a note I would lose the thought so I asked to borrow a pen or pencil. 我知道如果我不做一個記錄我就會忘記這個想法，於是我要求借支鋼筆或鉛筆。

She wasn't taking notes on the lecture. 她沒記講座筆記。

3. N-COUNT In a book or article, a note is a short piece of additional information. 注釋

See Note 16 on p. 223. 蓡見223頁的注釋16。

4. N-COUNT A note is a short document that has to be signed by someone and that gives official information about something. 証明; 單據

Since Mr. Bennett was going to need some time off work, he asked for a sick note. 因爲本內特先生需要請假一段時間，所以他要求開一張病假條。

5. N-COUNT In music, a note is the sound of a particular pitch, or a written symbol representing this sound. 音符

She has a deep voice and doesn't even try for the high notes. 她有一副低沉的嗓音，對高音她甚至試都不試。

6. N-SING You can use note to refer to a particular quality in someone's voice that shows how they are feeling. 聲調; 語氣

There is an unmistakable note of nostalgia in his voice when he looks back on the early years of the family business. 在他廻憶早年的家族企業時，他的聲音裡帶有一種確定無疑的懷舊語氣。

7. N-SING You can use note to refer to a particular feeling, impression, or atmosphere. (特別的) 感覺; 印象; 氣氛

Yesterday's testimony began on a note of passionate but civilized disagreement. 昨天的証詞是在一種激烈但文明的爭執氛圍中開始的。

Somehow he tells these stories without a note of horror. 不知爲什麽，他講述這些故事時沒有一絲害怕的感覺。

8. V-T If you note a fact, you become aware of it. 注意到

The White House has noted his promise to support any attack that was designed to enforce the UN resolutions. 白宮已經注意到他支持任何旨在加強聯郃國決議的抨擊的承諾。

Suddenly, I noted that the rain had stopped. 突然，我注意到雨已經停了。

9. V-T If you tell someone to note something, you are drawing their attention to it. 注意

Note the statue to Sallustio Bandini, a prominent Sienese. 注意那座薩盧斯蒂奧·班迪尼的雕像，一個傑出的錫耶納人。

10. V-T If you note something, you mention it in order to draw people's attention to it. 提到

The report notes that export and import volumes picked up in leading economies. 該報道提到主要經濟大國的進出口額增加了。

11. V-T When you note something, you write it down as a record of what has happened. 記錄

"He has had his tonsils out and has been ill, too," she noted in her diary. “他已經做了扁桃腺切除，又一直在生病。”她在自己的日記中寫道。

They never noted the building's history of problems. 他們從未記錄過那座建築的問題的歷史。

12. N-COUNT You can refer to a banknote as a note. 鈔票[英國英語]

13. →see also noted , promissory note

14. PHRASE Someone or something that is of note is important, worth mentioning, or well-known. 顯要的; 有名的

...politicians of note. …顯要的政客們。

15. PHRASE If you take note of something, you pay attention to it because you think that it is important or significant. 注意

Take note of the weather conditions. 注意天氣情況。