"aiding the memory," 1753, back-formation from mnemonics, or from Greek mnemonikos "of or pertaining to memory," from mnemon (genitive mnemonos) "remembering, mindful," from memne "memory, a remembrance, record, an epitaph; memory as a mental faculty," from base of mnasthai "remember," from PIE root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)). The noun meaning "mnemonic device" is from 1858. Related: Mnemonical (1660s).
雙語例句
1. A COBOL mnemonic name associated with the console typewriter.
和控制臺打字機有關的一種COBOL助記憶名.
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2. As a visual mnemonic of a function, butcons are excellent.
作為功能的視覺助記符, 圖標按鈕是優(yōu)秀的.
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3. This mnemonic is used as prefix for all the interface methods.
這個助記符作為接口方法的前綴.
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4. An assembler language programmer writes one mnemonic instruction for each machine - level instruction.
匯編語言程序設計員為每條機器指令寫一條助記符指令.
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5. The verb pattern is shown in this dictionary by mnemonic codes.