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
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin salutatio(n-), from salutare 'pay one's respects to' (see salute)