salutation

英 [ˌsæljuˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌsæljuˈteɪʃn]

n.  招呼; 致意; 打招呼; 致意的动作; (信函中如Dear Sir之类的)称呼语

复数：salutations　

GRE

BNC.33246 / COCA.26613

牛津词典

noun

• 招呼；致意；打招呼；致意的动作
  something that you say to welcome or say hello to sb; the action of welcoming or saying hello to sb
• （信函中如Dear Sir之类的）称呼语
  the words that are used in a letter to address the person you are writing to, for example ‘Dear Sir’

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 招呼;致意
  Salutationor asalutationis a greeting to someone.
  1. Jackson nodded a salutation...
     杰克逊点头打招呼。
  2. The old man moved away, raising his hand in salutation.
     老人一边举手致意一边走远了。
• (书信开头的)称呼语
  Thesalutationof a letter is the phrase that is used at the beginning of it, such as 'Dear Sir' or 'Dear Mr Rodd'.

英英释义

noun

• word of greeting used to begin a letter
• (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
  Synonym:greeting
• an act of honor or courteous recognition
  1. a musical salute to the composer on his birthday
  Synonym:salute

双语例句

• They are letterhead, reference and date, inside address, salutation, body, complimentary close, and signature.
  信头、参考编号和日期、封内标址、称呼、正文、结为谦称和签名。
• After hailing the morn with this second salutation, he threw a boot at the woman as a third.
  他用这种致敬的方式问了早安之后，便把靴子向那女人掷去作为第三次问候。
• The initial parts of all formal addresses contain salutation and courteous references.
  众所周知，所有正式发言的开始部分都有致意和礼节性的内容。
• Besides, a memorandum does not need a salutation and complimentary close.
  另外，备忘录中通常不用称呼及结尾敬语。
• The Dragon Boat Festival there is every kind of culture, the Dragon Boat Festival is just to give our heart to different cultures to a salutation.
  端午节里面有各式各样的文化，端午节只不过是给了我们内心一个向不同的文化去致敬的理由。
• They came in the silence of hunger, and scarce growled a salutation, but fell instantly to meat.
  他们饥肠辘辘，默默地几乎谁也不招呼谁，马上动手吃起肉来。
• In one salutation to thee, my God, let all my senses spread out.
  在我对你的膜拜中，我的上帝，让我在你的脚下。
• The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.
  我保罗亲笔问安。
• Such is the salutation to the dawn.
  这就是你对黎明的敬礼。
• In the greeting Line dialog box, select the greeting line format, which includes the salutation, name format, and following punctuation.
  在“问候语”对话框中，选择问候语格式，其中包含称呼、名称格式及其后的标点。