signifier
n. (语言学)能指(语言的符号形式,区别于意义);记号;表示者
例句
Connectedness is now a crucial social signifier.
联通性是一项重要的社交标志物。
the signified-signifier relationship, as I said, is arbitrary.
所指和能指的关系,就如我刚才说的,是任意的。
He USES alcohol as a signifier of the petty, the negative and the evil.
他以酒精象征狭隘、消极和罪恶。