1N-COUNT 词典;字典;辞书 A dictionary is a book in which the words and phrases of a language are listed alphabetically, together with their meanings or their translations in another language. 词典;字典;辞书
...a Welsh-English dictionary.
一本威尔士语-英语词典
2N-COUNT [with supplement, oft NOUNof n]专业词典;术语大全 A dictionary is an alphabetically ordered reference book on one particular subject or limited group of subjects. 专业词典;术语大全
...the Dictionary of National Biography.
《英国传记大词典》
Quotations
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite trueDr. Johnson
When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my Dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as that of sentences. The author may arrange the gems effectively, but their shape and lustre have been given by the attrition of the agesOliver Wendell Holmes Sr.The Autocrat's Autobiography
To make dictionaries is dull workSamuel JohnsonDictionary
dictionary: a malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful workAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DICTIONARY | DICTIONARY + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤good好詞典▸➤comprehensive, unabridged綜合性/足本詞典▸➤electronic, online電子/在線詞典▸➤picture圖解詞典▸➤pocket袖珍詞典▸➤English, French, etc.英語、法語等詞典▸➤English-Spanish, Spanish-English, etc.英語-西班牙語、西班牙語-英語等詞典▸➤bilingual, monolingual雙語/單語詞典▸➤learner's學習詞典▸➤standard規範詞典▸➤technical技術詞典▸➤etymological, historical, pronunciation詞源/歷史/發音詞典▸➤biographical, encyclopedic, medical傳記/百科/醫學詞典◇I decided to consult a medical dictionary.我決定去查醫學詞典。VERB + DICTIONARY➤check, consult, look sth up in, use查詞典;在詞典中查⋯;使用詞典◇If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary.不懂某個詞的意思,就查查詞典。◇a way of teaching children how to use dictionaries一種教孩子們使用詞典的方法➤need需要詞典◇You need a dictionary to understand what he's saying half the time.有一半時間你需要靠字典才能聽懂他的話。➤compile, write編纂/編寫詞典▸➤edit編輯詞典▸➤publish出版詞典DICTIONARY + NOUN➤definition, entry詞典中的釋義;詞典中的詞條PREPOSITION➤in a/the dictionary在詞典中◇I couldn't find the word in the dictionary.我在詞典中找不到這個詞。