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tome

/təʊm

noun chiefly humorous

A book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one: a weighty tome...

He struggled under the weight of the heavy tomes, his twiggy arms flailing pitifully.
Heavy tomes covered much of the walls but he only ran a hand over a few of the calfskin covers.
After flipping through the heavy pages of the tome for nearly half an hour, she had to admit defeat.

Synonyms

volume, book, work, opus, writing, publication, title

Origin

Early 16th century (denoting one volume of a larger work): from French, via Latin from Greek tomos 'section, roll of papyrus, volume'; related to temnein 'to cut'.

单词	tome
释义	tome /təʊm / noun chiefly humorous A book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one: a weighty tome... He struggled under the weight of the heavy tomes, his twiggy arms flailing pitifully. Heavy tomes covered much of the walls but he only ran a hand over a few of the calfskin covers. After flipping through the heavy pages of the tome for nearly half an hour, she had to admit defeat. Synonyms volume, book, work, opus, writing, publication, title Origin Early 16th century (denoting one volume of a larger work): from French, via Latin from Greek tomos 'section, roll of papyrus, volume'; related to temnein 'to cut'. Rhymes brome, chrome, comb, Crome, dome, foam, gnome, holm, Holme, hom, home, Jerome, loam, Nome, ohm, om, roam, Rome
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