salutation

salutation
noun
  1. a gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgement of another's arrival or departure
    招呼,致意;致意的动作;打招呼的话;问候
    we greeted them but no one returned our salutations.
    我们跟他们打招呼但是他们没有回礼。
    [mass noun]he raised his glass in salutation.
    他举杯致意。
    ■a standard formula of words used in a letter to address the person being written to
    (书信开头的)称呼语
派生
salutational
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin salutatio(n-), from salutare 'pay one's respects to' (see salute)
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