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1. 信;信函
If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post.

2. 字母
Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language.

3. （校队队衣的）校名首字母标志（以嘉许优秀运动员）
If a student earns a letter in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.

4. 赢得佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉
If a student letters in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.

5. see also: capital letter;covering letter;dead letter;love letter;newsletter;poison-pen letter

6. （钻）法律字眼
If you say that someone keeps to the letter of the law, you mean that they act according to what is actually written in the law, rather than according to the general principles of it, especially when you disapprove of this.

7. （执行指示）毫厘不爽地，不折不扣地
If you say that someone carries out instructions to the letter, you mean that they do exactly what they are told to do, paying great attention to every detail.

1. a written message addressed to a person or organization

e.g. mailed an indignant letter to the editor

Synonym: missive

2. an award earned by participation in a school sport

e.g. he won letters in three sports

Synonym: varsity letter

3. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech

e.g. his grandmother taught him his letters

Synonym: letter of the alphabetalphabetic character

4. a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)

e.g. he followed instructions to the letter
he obeyed the letter of the law

5. owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire