dactylology

dactylology — 名詞

1. a way of talking without sound, in which a person uses the fingers of one or bot

1.名詞C2
釋義

指拼法

用手指比出字母形狀來拼寫的溝通方式

a way of talking without sound, in which a person uses the fingers of one or both hands to stand for each letter of the alphabet — common in deaf communities for spelling out names or words that have no standard sign

例句

Kwame learned dactylology so he could spell his name to his deaf neighbour.

Kwame 學了指拼法，這樣他就能向他的聾人鄰居拼出自己的名字。

collocation: learn dactylology + to-infinitive purpose clause

The teacher used dactylology to show the class each letter of 'butterfly.'

老師用指拼法向全班展示「butterfly」的每個字母。

同義詞
  • fingerspelling

    the everyday term; far more frequent and used in both casual and professional contexts

  • finger spelling

    the two-word variant, equally common in general use

  • manual alphabet

    broader term that can refer to static letter handshapes as well as dynamic spelling

用法筆記

A formal, technical term used in linguistics and deaf education. In everyday English, the much more common word is 'fingerspelling' or 'finger spelling.'

常見錯誤

❌He used dactylology to sign the whole sentence.
✅He used dactylology to spell the word letter by letter.
💡Dactylology represents individual letters of the alphabet; it is not the same as sign language, which uses gestures for whole words or ideas.