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