al·pha·bet /ˈælfəˌbɛt, bət/
  字母系統,字母表
  alphabet
  字母序列; 英文字母
  alphabet
  字母
  alphabet
  字母
  alphabet
  字符 字母
  Al·pha·bet, v. t. To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically. [R.]
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  Al·pha·bet n.
  1. The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.
  2. The simplest rudiments; elements.
     The very alphabet of our law.   --Macaulay.
  Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.
  alphabet
       n 1: a character set that includes letters and is used to write a
            language
       2: the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he
          mastered only the rudiments of geometry" [syn: rudiment,
           first rudiment, first principle, ABC, ABC's, ABCs]