braille

braille — 名詞

IPA/breɪl/
KK[brˈel]IPA/breɪl/

1. a system that uses small raised dots on paper so that people who cannot see can

1.名詞B1
釋義

點字

視障者用手指觸摸的凸點文字

a system that uses small raised dots on paper so that people who cannot see can read the letters and numbers by touching them with their fingers

例句

Mei-Lin borrowed a braille edition of the novel from her local library.

Mei-Lin 從當地圖書館借了一本點字版的小說。

collocation: braille edition

For guests with vision loss, the hotel provides braille menus in the restaurant.

飯店餐廳為視力不佳的客人提供點字菜單。

in braille / braille menu

常見搭配
  • braille edition
  • braille sign
  • braille menu
  • braille book
  • learn braille
  • read braille
  • in braille
  • braille alphabet
同義詞
  • Moon type

    a less common raised-line system; braille uses dots, Moon type uses simplified letter shapes

  • tactile writing system

    general term; braille is the most widespread example

文法句型

in braille

braille + noun (braille book, braille edition, braille sign)

常見錯誤

He reads braille with his eyes by looking at the dots.
He reads braille with his fingers by feeling the dots.
braille is read by touch, not by sight.
The sign was written in moon type.' (when you mean braille)
The sign was written in braille.
Moon type is a different system using raised lines; braille uses dot patterns.

braille — 名詞

IPA/bɹˈeɪl/
KK[brˈel]IPA/brˈeɪl/

1. the French educator who lost his sight as a child and, at age fifteen, invented

1.名詞
釋義

路易·布萊葉

Louis Braille,點字發明人

the French educator who lost his sight as a child and, at age fifteen, invented the dot-based writing code now used worldwide by visually impaired readers

例句

Louis Braille lost his sight at age three and completed his dot-code system by age fifteen.

Louis Braille 在三歲時失明,並在十五歲那年完成了他的點字系統。

biographical context: age / invention timeline

Schools on every continent still teach the reading method Louis Braille created almost two centuries ago.

全球各大洲的學校至今仍在教授 Louis Braille 將近兩個世紀前創造的閱讀方法。

用法筆記

Louis Braille (1809–1852) was a French educator who became blind after an accident at age three. He developed the braille code by age fifteen, basing it on a military communication system called 'night writing.'

同根字

  • Brailler
    名詞C2
  • braillist
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • braille edition
  • braille sign
  • braille menu
  • braille book
  • braille alphabet

常用片語

  • read braille
  • learn braille
  • write in braille
  • translate into braille

介系詞搭配

  • in braille