Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 65
Annodated (a.) (Her.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. -- Cussans.
Anno Domini (ph.) 【拉】西元；紀元（略作A.D.）；【口】（用作名詞）老年 In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.
Annominate (v. t.) To name. [R.]
Annomination (n.) Paronomasia; punning.
Annomination (n.) Alliteration. [Obs.] -- Tyrwhitt.
Annotated (imp. & p. p.) of Annotate.
Annotating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annotate.
Annotate (v. t.) (v. i. & v. t.) 註解，給……作註解 To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.
Annotate (v. i.) To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon.
Annotate (v.) Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel" [syn: {annotate}, {footnote}].
Annotate (v.) Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" [syn: {gloss}, {comment}, {annotate}].
Annotation (n.) 註解，註釋 <programming, compiler> Extra information associated with a particular point in a document or program. Annotations may be added either by a compiler or by the programmer. They are not usually essential to the correct function of the program but give hints to improve performance.
Annotation (n.) A new commentary node linked to an existing node. If readers, as well as authors, can annotate nodes, then they can immediately provide feedback if the information is misleading, out of date or plain wrong.
Annotation (n.) A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.
Annotation (n.) A comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" [syn: {note}, {annotation}, {notation}].
Annotation (n.) The act of adding notes [syn: {annotation}, {annotating}].
Annotation
Annotate, () Extra information associated with a particular point in a document or program. Annotations may be added either by a compiler or by the programmer. They are not usually essential to the correct function of the program but give hints to improve performance.
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Annotate, () A new commentary node linked to an existing node. If readers, as well as authors, can annotate nodes, then they can immediately provide feedback if the information is misleading, out of date or plain wrong. (1995-11-26)
Annotation (n.), Civil law. The designation of a place of deportation. Dig. 32, 1, 3 or the summoning of an, absentee. Dig. lib. 5.
Annotation (n.) In another sense, annotations were the answers of the prince to questions put to him by private persons respecting some doubtful point of law. See Rescript.
Annotationist (n.) An annotator. [R.]
Annotative (a.) Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation.
Annotator (n.) [L.] A writer of annotations; a commentator.
Annotator (n.) A commentator who writes notes to a text.
Annotatory (a.) Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. [R.]
Annotine (n.) (Zool.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted.
Annotinous (a.) (Bot.) A year old; in Yearly growths. Annotto
Annotto (n.) Alt. of Arnotto.
Arnotto (n.) Same as Annotto. Aroid
Arnotto (n.) A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [Written also {Anatto}, {Anatta}, {Annatto}, {Annotta}, etc.]
Announced (imp. & p. p.) of Announce.
Announced (a.) Stated publicly; as, their announced intentions.
Announced (a.) Declared publicly; made widely known; "their announced intentions"; "the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy" [syn: {announced}, {proclaimed}].
Announcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Announce.
Announce (v. t.) 宣佈，顯示，預告 (v. i.) 當報幕員，宣佈參加競選 To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. -- Gilpin.
Announce (v. t.) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
Publish laws, announce Or life or death. -- Prior.
Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate.
Usage: To {Publish}, {Announce}, {Proclaim}, {Promulgate}. We {publish} what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We {announce} what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to {announce} the speedy publication of a book; to {announce} the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We {proclaim} anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to {proclaim} the news of victory. We {promulgate} when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to {promulgate} the gospel.
Announce (v.) Make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly" [syn: {announce}, {denote}].
Announce (v.) Announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war" [syn: {announce}, {declare}].
Announce (v.) Give the names of; "He announced the winners of the spelling bee".
Announce (v.) Foreshadow or presage [syn: {announce}, {annunciate}, {harbinger}, {foretell}, {herald}].
Announce (v.) [ T ] (B1) （尤指公開地）宣佈，宣告，通告 To make something known or tell people about something officially.
// They announced the death of their mother in the local paper.
// She announced the winner of the competition to an excited audience.
// [ + that ] The prime minister has announced that public spending will be increased next year.
Announce (v.) [ T ] 作為…的跡象；顯示 To show that something is going to happen.
// The first few leaves in the gutter announced the beginning of autumn.
Announcement (n.) 宣佈，宣告；通告，布告；預告 The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.
Announcement (n.) A formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" [syn: {announcement}, {proclamation}, {annunciation}, {declaration}].
Announcement (n.) A public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English" [syn: {announcement}, {promulgation}].
Announcer (n.) One who announces.
Announcer (n.) Someone who proclaims a message publicly.
Announcer (n.) Reads news, commercials on radio or television.
Annoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Annoy.
Annoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annoy.
Annoy (v. t.) [H] 惹惱，使生氣；使煩惱 [（+by/ at/ with）]；打攪，困擾 (v. i.) 令人討厭（或不快） To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.
Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy? -- Prior.
Annoy (v. t.) To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
Syn: To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex; tease.
Annoy (n.) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.
Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy. -- Shak.
Annoy (v.) Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: {annoy}, {rag}, {get to}, {bother}, {get at}, {irritate}, {rile}, {nark}, {nettle}, {gravel}, {vex}, {chafe}, {devil}].
Annoy (v.) [ T ] (B1) 煩擾，打攪，使煩惱 To make someone angry.
// Tina really annoyed me in the meeting this morning.
// I'm sorry - is my cough annoying you?
// [ + that ] It annoys me that she just expects us to help.
// It really annoys me when people expect me to tip as well as pay a service charge in a restaurant.
Annoyance (n.) The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.
A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers. -- Fuller.
For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. -- Wilkins.
Annoyance (n.) That which annoys.
A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense. -- Shak.
Annual (n.) The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration].
Annual (n.) Anger produced by some annoying irritation [syn: annoyance, chafe, vexation].
Annual (n.) An unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating [syn: aggravator, annoyance].
Annual (n.) Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass].
Annual (n.) The act of troubling or annoying someone [syn: annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation].
Annoyance (n.) (C1) [ U ] 煩惱，生氣 The feeling or state of being annoyed.
// I can understand your annoyance - I'd be furious if she ever treated me like that.
// (Much) To our annoyance, (= we were very annoyed that) we couldn't see anything from the back row of the theatre.
Annoyance (n.) [ C ] 令人煩惱不快的事 Something that makes you annoyed.
// One of the greatest annoyances was being bitten by mosquitoes every night.
Annoyed (a.) (B1) 生氣的，煩惱的 Angry.
// I was so annoyed with him for turning up late.
// He was annoyed at the way she tried to take over the whole meeting.
// My parents were rather annoyed (that) I hadn't told them about the accident.
// She was annoyed to discover that her husband had taken her car keys.
Annoyer (n.) One who, or that which, annoys.
Annoyer (n.) Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) [syn: tease, teaser, annoyer, vexer].
Annoyful (a.) Annoying. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Annoying (a.) That annoys; molesting; vexatious. -- An*noy"ing*ly, adv.
Annoying (a.) Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing].
Annoying (n.) The act of troubling or annoying someone [syn: annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation].
Annoying (a.) (B1) 討厭的，惱人的 Making you feel annoyed.
// It's really annoying when a train is late and there's no explanation.
// He's got a really annoying laugh.
Annoyous (a.) Troublesome; annoying. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Annual (a.) Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. -- Ray.
Annual (a.) Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.
A thousand pound a year, annual support. -- Shak.
Annual (a.) Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. -- Bacon.
Annual (n.) A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
Annual (n.) Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.
Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets. -- Swift.
Annual (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.
Annual (a.) Completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants" [syn: annual, one-year] [ant: biennial, perennial, two-year].
Annual (a.) Occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income" [syn: annual, yearly].
Annual (n.) (Botany) A plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year.
Annual (n.) A reference book that is published regularly once every year [syn: annual, yearly, yearbook].
Annualist (n.) One who writes for, or who edits, an annual. [R.]
Annually (adv.) Yearly; year by year.
Annually (adv.) Without missing a year; "they travel to China annually" [syn: annually, yearly, every year, each year].
Annually (adv.) By the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received); "he earned $100,000 per annum"; "we issue six volumes per annum" [syn: per annum, p.a., per year, each year, annually].
Annuary (a.) Annual. [Obs.]
Annuary (n.) A yearbook.
Annueler (n.) A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Annuent (a.) Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding).
Annuitant (n.) One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity. -- Lamb.
Annuities (n. pl. ) of Annuity.
Annuity (n.) A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.
Annuity (n.) Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity" [syn: annuity, rente].
Annulled (imp. & p. p.) of Annul.
Annulling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annul.
Annul (v. t.) 廢除，取消；宣告……無效；使消失；抹去 To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight Annulled.
Annul (v. t.) To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.
Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties? -- Burke.
Syn: To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See {Abolish}.
Annul (v.) Declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" [syn: {invalidate}, {annul}, {quash}, {void}, {avoid} {nullify}] [ant: {formalise}, {formalize}, {validate}].
Annul (v.) Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: {revoke}, {annul}, {lift}, {countermand}, {reverse}, {repeal}, {overturn}, {rescind}, {vacate}].
Annul (v.) [ T ] (-ll- Specialized) 廢除，取消（法律、協議等）；宣佈（婚姻）無效 To officially announce that something such as a law, agreement, or marriage no longer exists.
// His second marriage was annulled because he never divorced his first wife.
Annular (a.) Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.
Annular (a.) Banded or marked with circles.
Annular eclipse (Astron.), An eclipse of the sun in which the moon at the middle of the eclipse conceals the central part of the sun's disk, leaving a complete ring of light around the border.
Annular (a.) Shaped like a ring [syn: annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped].
Annularity (n.) Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. -- J. Rogers.
Annularry (adv.) In an annular manner.
Annulary (a.) Having the form of a ring; annular. -- Ray.
Annulata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida.
Annulate (n.) (Zool.) One of the Annulata. Annulate
Annulate (a.) Alt. of Annulated.
Annulated (a.) 環狀的，有環紋的；由環集合而成的 Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.
Annulated (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Annulata.
Annulate (a.) Shaped like a ring [syn: annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped].
Annulation (n.) A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. -- Nicholson.
Annulet (n.) A little ring. -- Tennyson.
Annulet (n.) (Arch.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.
Annulet (n.) (Her.) A little circle borne as a charge.
Annulet (n.) (Zool.) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.
Annulet (n.) (Heraldry) A charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel" [syn: annulet, roundel].
Annulet (n.) Molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column [syn: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet].
Annulet (n.) A small ring.
Annullable (a.) That may be Annulled.
Annuller (n.) One who annuls. [R.]
Annulment (n.) The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
Annulment (n.) The state of being cancelled or annulled [syn: revocation, annulment].
Annulment (n.) (Law) A formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) [syn: annulment, invalidation].
Annulment (n.) The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation [syn: abrogation, repeal, annulment].
Annulment (n.) [ C or U ] 廢除，取消；失效 Annulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. [1] Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning almost as if it had never taken place (though some jurisdictions provide that the marriage is only void from the date of the annulment; for example, this is the case in section 12 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 in England and Wales [2]). In legal terminology, an annulment makes a void marriage or a voidable marriage null. [3]
// Judges only grant marriage annulments in exceptional circumstances.
// The discovery of the election fraud has led to the annulment of 50,000 votes.
Annuloid (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.
Annuloida (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms. [Written also Annuloidea.]
Annulosa (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoologists it is applied to the former only.
Annulosan (n.) (Zool.) One of the Annulosa.
Annulose (a.) Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ringlike segments; ringed.
Annulose (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.
Annuli (n. pl. ) of Annulus.
Annulus (n.) [L.] 環形物；【數】圓環域 A ring; a ringlike part or space.
Annulus (n.) (Geom.) A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other.
Annulus (n.) (Geom.) The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.
Annulus (n.) (Zool.) Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals.
Annulus (n.) A toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke" [syn: ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring].
Annulus (n.) (Fungi) A remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar [syn: annulus, skirt].
Annumerate (v. t.) To add on; to count in. [Obs.] -- Wollaston.
Annumeration (n.) Addition to a former number. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Annunciable (a.) That may be announced or declared; declarable. [R.]
Annunciated (imp. & p. p.) of Annunciate.
Annunciating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annunciate.
Annunciate (v. t.) 告示 To announce.
Annunciate (p. p. & a.) Foretold; preannounced. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Annunciate (v.) Foreshadow or presage [syn: announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald].
Annunciation (n.) 通告；公布；（the A-）（天主教的）天使報喜；天使報喜節（3月25日） The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
Annunciation (n.) (Eccl.) The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
Annunciation (n.) (Eccl.) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
Annunciation (n.) A festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: Annunciation, Lady Day, Annunciation Day, March 25].
Annunciation (n.) (Christianity) The announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ.
Annunciation (n.) A formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" [syn: announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration].
Annunciative (a.) Pertaining to annunciation; announcing. [R.] -- Dr. H. More.
Annunciator (n.) 通告者；【美】一種傳聲或傳影的裝置 One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
Annunciator (n.) An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.
Annunciatory (a.) 預示的 Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. [R.]
Anoa (n.) A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.
Anode (n.) (Elec.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.
Anode (n.) A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device [ant: cathode].
Anode (n.) The negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current [ant: cathode].
Anodize (v. t.) 對（鋁、鎂等金屬）作陽極處理，對……作陽極氧化 To coat a metal with an oxide coat by electrolytic action at an anode; -- used especially to coat aluminum.
Anodon (n.) (Zool.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the {Anodonta"> hinge. [Written also {Anodonta.]