Definition of "label" in 英语

noun

1. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.

   • We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.
   • The label says this silk scarf should not be washed in the washing machine.
   • Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two.

2. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.

   • Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".

3. (music) A company that sells records.

   • The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.

4. (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.

   • Storage devices can be given by label or ID.

5. (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.

6. (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.

7. (obsolete) A tassel.

8. A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.

9. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.

10. (historical) A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.

11. (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.

12. In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

13. (graphical user interface) A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.

verb

1. (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

   • The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.

2. (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.

   • He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.

3. (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.

4. (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro