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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 text /ˈtɛkst/
 U正文,本文;C原文;C主題文句,主要經文
From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary
 text
 本文結束
From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary
 text
 虛擬本文
From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary
 text
 本文 TXT
From: Network Terminology
 text
 正文 本文 文字
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Text n.
 1. A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
 2. O. Eng. Law The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence. [R.]
 3. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
 How oft, when Paul has served us with a text,
 Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached!   --Cowper.
 4. Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
 5. A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.
 Text blindness. Physiol. See Word blindness, under Word.
 Text letter, a large or capital letter. [Obs.]
 Text pen, a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in writing text-hand.
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Text, v. t. To write in large characters, as in text hand. [Obs.]
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 text
      n 1: the words of something written; "there were more than a
           thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed
           text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct
           the original text" [syn: textual matter]
      2: a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a
         sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to
         introduce his sermon"
      3: a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his
         economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the
         professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
         [syn: textbook, text edition, schoolbook, school
         text] [ant: trade book]
      4: the main body of a written work (as distinct from
         illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text
         easier to understand"