lexical
lexical — 形容詞
1. relating to a language's words and their meanings, including how they naturally
詞彙的
與語言中的字詞相關
relating to a language's words and their meanings, including how they naturally combine with one another
Abigail's lexical errors mostly involved using the wrong preposition with common verbs.
Abigail 的詞彙錯誤大多出在她對常用動詞使用了錯誤的介係詞。
collocation: lexical error / lexical item
Jisoo keeps a notebook of new lexical items she finds while reading English news.
Jisoo 會把閱讀英文新聞時遇到的新詞彙項目記在筆記本裡。
Amira realised that her lexical knowledge of Spanish collocations made her emails sound much more natural to native speakers.
Amira 發現，她對西班牙語搭配的詞彙知識讓她的電子郵件對母語人士來說聽起來自然許多。
Dr. Bao examined how word choices differ between spoken and written English — a clear lexical difference.
Bao 博士分析了口語和書面英語的用詞差異——這是一種明顯的詞彙差異。
Walid noticed that learning lexical phrases made his conversation sound much smoother.
Walid 發現學習詞彙片語讓他的對話聽起來流暢許多。
- vocabulary-related
less formal, used in language-teaching contexts
- word-level
narrower; used in linguistics for phenomena at the word rather than sentence level
- linguistic
broader; covers grammar, sounds, and meaning together
- grammatical
focuses on sentence structure rather than individual word meanings
文法句型
lexical + noun
用法筆記
Used only before a noun (attributive position). You cannot say 'This meaning is lexical' to mean 'this relates to words' — use 'This is a lexical meaning' instead.
常見錯誤
2. connected with dictionaries, lexicons, or the practice of writing and compiling
辭典的
與辭典編纂或詞庫相關
connected with dictionaries, lexicons, or the practice of writing and compiling reference works about words
This dictionary's lexical entries include word origins, pronunciation, and usage notes.
這本辭典的詞條包含字源、發音和用法說明。
collocation: lexical entry
Asher consulted several lexical databases to trace the earliest use of the word.
Asher 查閱了好幾個詞彙資料庫，想找出這個詞最早的使用紀錄。
collocation: lexical database
Nia's course on lexicography explores major dictionary-making traditions from different cultures.
Nia 的辭典學課程探討了不同文化中的重要辭典編纂傳統。
The library's collection of lexical resources helps students writing research papers on word origins.
圖書館的詞彙資源收藏對撰寫字源研究論文的學生很有幫助。
- lexicographic
narrower; specifically about dictionary-making rather than dictionaries themselves
- dictionary-related
more informal and accessible
文法句型
lexical + noun
用法筆記
Frequently appears in academic writing about lexicography and language studies. The related noun 'lexicon' (a word-store or dictionary) shares the same root.