/'ɑ:tɪkl; `ɑrtɪkl/
n
1 particular or separate thing, esp one of a set 物件; 物品（尤指一套中之一）
*articles of clothing, eg shirts, socks, hats, coats 衣物（如衬衫, 袜子, 帽子, 外衣）
* toilet articles, eg soap, toothpaste, shaving-cream 梳妆用品（如肥皂, 牙膏, 刮胡膏）
* The articles found in the car helped the police identify the body. 警方根据从汽车 找到的物品认出了尸体的身分.
2 piece of writing, complete in itself, in a newspaper, magazine, etc （报刊上的）文章
*an interesting article on/about education 一篇关于教育的使人感兴趣的文章.3 (law 律) separate clause or item in an agreement or a contract （协议或合同的）项目, 条款
*articles of apprenticeship, ie the formal agreement between an apprentice and his employer 师徒合约.
4 (grammar) either of the determiners `a/an' (the indefinite article) or `the' (the definite article) 冠词（不定冠词a/an或定冠词 the）.

v [usu passive 通常用于被动语态
*Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (to sb) employ sb under contract as a trainee 雇用某人为受合同约束的受训者
*an articled clerk 订有见习合同的店员
* articled to a solicitor 受律师实习条款约束的.

n[C]

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1【newspaper/magazine】
2【object】
3【law】
4【grammar】
5 articles
6 an article of faith

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[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin articulus 'joint, division', from artus 'joint']
【NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE】
a piece of writing about a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine
article on/about
　an article on environmental issues
　The paper's leading article (=the main article) described the government as weak.
　newspaper articles
【OBJECT】
formal a thing, especially one of a group of things
= item
　household articles
　She only took a few articles of clothing with her.
【LAW】
a part of a law or legal agreement that deals with a particular point
　Article 1 of the constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
【GRAMMAR】
technical a word used before a noun to show whether the noun refers to a particular example of something or to a general example of something. In English, 'the' is called the definite article and 'a' and 'an' are called the indefinite article.
articles
BrE an agreement by which someone finishes their training, especially as a lawyer, by working for a company
an article of faith
something that you feel very strongly about so that it affects how you think or behave