the main body of writing
the exact original words of a speech, article, etc.
a textbook
a sentence from the Bible that is read and talked about by a priest in church
"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"
"the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"
"his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"
"the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
"pictures made the text easier to understand"
The herald had difficulty in making out the exact text of the declaration of war.
出自: A. Fraser