What's the meaning of this word?

这个单词的意思是什么？

《牛津词典》

What, pray, is the meaning of this?

请问，这是什么意思？

《牛津词典》

We cogitated on the meaning of life.

我们深思生命的意义。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Experts say the earliest meaning of the English word farm was a yearly payment made as a tax or rent.

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What is the meaning of an untrodden way, or of "there are none to praise" her but "very few to love"?

没有人走过的路是什么意思呢？,还有“没有人赞扬她“但是“几乎没有人爱她“又是什么意思呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

He sees as really a temptation of the Serpent to remove him from his people and the meaning of his people's history.

其实，他面临的是，撒旦的诱惑,迷惑他脱离他的族群,脱离族群的历史。

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That however can hardly be a source of surprise when we increasingly ignore the true meaning of Christmas.

BBC: An eye on simplicity

Bertone said the funeral was a "precious moment" to understand the meaning of life and death.

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They claimed the natural and ordinary meaning of the contested statements is not actionable.

BBC: Sinn Fein legal bid to stop libel action by Declan Gormley