symbol的各种词性：symbol可作名词和及物动词两种词性。当symbol作为名词词性时，含义为“象征”、“符号”、“代号”、“记号”；当symbol作为及物动词词性时，含义为“用符号代表”。
symbol的中文含义及用法介绍
1、作为名词时，意为象征;符号;代号;记号。
例句：White has always been a symbol of purity in Western cultures.
在西方文化中，白色一向象征纯洁。
What is the chemical symbol for copper?
铜的化学符号是什么？
To them, the monarchy is the special symbol of nationhood...
对他们来说，君主政体是国家地位的特殊象征。
Later in this same passage Yeats resumes his argument for the Rose as an Irish symbol...
随后在同一篇诗歌里，叶芝再次将玫瑰作为爱尔兰的标志。
What's the chemical symbol for mercury?
汞的化学元素符号是什么？
Thereby symbols become the pivot to know the world.
于是记号也就成了认识世界的一个支点。
Do these symbols have any particular significance?
这些符号有什么特别的含义吗？
I became more aware of the symbols and their meanings.
我进一步理解了这些符号及其意义。
The whole world looked to her as a symbol of good triumphing over evil.
全世界都把她视为正义战胜邪恶的象征。
2、作为及物动词时，意为用符号代表。
例句：A representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements.
用符号代表的某物质的组成成分。
So they represented this chemical element with a solar symbol.
所以他们用太阳符号来代表这种化学元素。
The ancients thought that gold resembled the sun, so they represented this chemical element with a solar symbol.
古代人认为黄金与太阳想象，所以他们用太阳符号来代表这种化学元素。
The spirit of vector analysis is to use symbols to represent physical or geometric quantities.
向量分析实质是用符号来代表物理量或几何量。
