"ligature" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 連字
• 繃帶（醫學用）

Definition

連字指用來把東西綁在一起的物品，在醫學中用來止血，也指書寫或印刷中將兩個或多個字母合為一體的字元。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

醫學上“連字”指止血用的線；印刷或書寫時指字母組合的字元（如“æ”、“fi”）。正式用語，多用於專業領域。

Examples

The doctor used a ligature to stop the bleeding.

醫生用**繃帶**止血。

A ligature can also connect two letters in one symbol.

**連字**也可以把兩個字母合成一個符號。

The word 'office' sometimes uses a ligature for 'ff'.

“office”這個單詞有時在“ff”處使用**連字**。

Can you see the ligature between the 'f' and the 'i' in this font?

你能看到這個字體裡“f”和“i”之間的**連字**嗎？

After surgery, the wound was closed with a silk ligature.

手術後，傷口用絲線**繃帶**縫合。

Some old books have beautiful ligatures that you rarely see today.

有些老書裡有今日極為罕見的美麗**連字**。