Dictation Meaning in English

word

US

dɪkˈteɪʃən

dik-TAY-shun

UK

dɪktˈeɪʃən

dikt-AY-shun

释义

Dictation is the act of saying words aloud for someone else to write down, or an exercise where you write what you hear, often used in language learning and classrooms.

用法与细微差别

Mainly used in educational and language learning contexts. Common phrases include 'give a dictation', 'do a dictation', or 'dictation exercise'. Not used for official record-taking (that's 'transcription').

• Spanish: dictado
• Portuguese (BR): ditado
• Portuguese (PT): ditado
• Chinese (Simplified): 听写
• Chinese (Traditional): 聽寫
• Hindi: श्रुतलेख
• Arabic: إملاء
• Bengali: ডিকটেশন - শ্রুতিলিপি
• Russian: диктант
• Japanese: ディクテーション
• Vietnamese: bài chính tả - đọc chính tả
• Korean: 받아쓰기
• Turkish: dikte
• Urdu: املا
• Indonesian: dikte

例句

The teacher gave us a dictation today.

basic

Please write the dictation carefully.

basic

We have a dictation test every Friday.

basic

I always make a few mistakes during dictation exercises.

natural

Can you help me prepare for tomorrow’s dictation?

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Listening to dictation really improves my spelling.

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