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• v. 引用, 引述
• ［英］ v. 引用, 引述 ( repeat in speech or writing the words of a person or a book)
• ［例］ He's always quoting verses from the Bible.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (quoted; quoting)

• Etymology: Medieval Latin quotare to mark the number of, number references, from Latin quotus of what number or quantity, from quot how many, (as) many as; akin to Latin qui who — more at who
• Date: 1582
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to speak or write (a passage) from another usually with credit acknowledgment
    • b. to repeat a passage from especially in substantiation or illustration
    • c. borrow 2a <quoting the motifs of past artists>
  • 2. to cite in illustration <quote cases of similar acts>
  • 3.
    • a. to state (the current price or bid-offer spread) for a commodity, stock, or bond
    • b. to give exact information on
  • 4. to set off by quotation marks
• intransitive verb
  • to inform a hearer or reader that matter following is quoted
• ? quoter noun

II. noun

• Date: 1888
• 1. quotation
• 2. quotation mark — often used orally to indicate the beginning of a direct quotation

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