a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order used for writing a language (一种语言的)字母表,全部字母 the letters of the alphabet 字母 the Hebrew/Cyrillic alphabet 希伯来/西里尔字母 Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. 阿尔法是希腊字母表的第一个字母。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Arabic
- Cyrillic
- Greek
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- know
- learn
- recite
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- in the alphabet
- the letters of the alphabet
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from late Latin alphabetum, from Greek alpha, bēta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.