★Senseisanyofseveralmeaningsconveyedorattributedtothesamewordorphrase.Thevarioussensesofawordorphrasearegiveninadictionaryknownasitsdefinitions.

　　★Referencedealswiththerelationshipbetweenthelinguisticelements(words,phrases,etc.)andthenon-linguisticworldofexperience;itistheassociationofthereferent(thesignified,inagivencontext)withthesymbol,orword(thesignifier).

　　按：所提供的这两条解释摘自东南大学词汇学课程资料.

　　Theword,whatwecalledthesymbol,andtheactualobject,thereferent,arelinkedonlyindirectly,bywayofourmentalperceptionofthatobject,thethoughtorreference.[1]

　　[1]Poole,S.(1999).AnIntroductiontoLinguistics.MacmillanPublishersLtd,UK.