英语词汇“contents”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Contents are the chapters, subjects, or articles within a written work. You might need to scroll through a list of the entire contents of your computer's hard drive if you're searching for a missing document.

The "table of contents" at the front of a dense reference book is a divided or numbered list of the chapters. You can also talk about the contents of a book or movie, meaning the specific subjects or material that are touched on in the work. The noun contents comes from the verb contain, which has a Latin root, continere, "to hold together or to contain."

WORD FAMILY

content: contented, contenting, contentingly, contently, contentment, contents, discontent+/contented: contentedest, contentedly, contentedness/contentment: contentments/discontent: discontented, discontenting, discontently, discontentment, discontents/discontented: discontentedly, discontentedness/discontentment: discontentments

USAGE EXAMPLES

Gonadal material throws light on the cetacean's reproductive health, blubber thickness reflects the animal's general health while gut contents reveal much about a cetacean's diet.

BBC(Dec 29, 2016)

He added that British Cycling was "working towards" providing evidence for the contents of the package.

BBC(Dec 29, 2016)

I poured the contents of the bag into the toilet, then repeated the process.

The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016)

n a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

Syn|Hyper

table of contents

list, listing

a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

table, tabular array

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

单词	contents
释义	contents (once / 198 pages) n Contents are the chapters, subjects, or articles within a written work. You might need to scroll through a list of the entire contents of your computer's hard drive if you're searching for a missing document. The "table of contents" at the front of a dense reference book is a divided or numbered list of the chapters. You can also talk about the contents of a book or movie, meaning the specific subjects or material that are touched on in the work. The noun contents comes from the verb contain, which has a Latin root, continere, "to hold together or to contain." WORD FAMILY content: contented, contenting, contentingly, contently, contentment, contents, discontent+/contented: contentedest, contentedly, contentedness/contentment: contentments/discontent: discontented, discontenting, discontently, discontentment, discontents/discontented: discontentedly, discontentedness/discontentment: discontentments USAGE EXAMPLES Gonadal material throws light on the cetacean's reproductive health, blubber thickness reflects the animal's general health while gut contents reveal much about a cetacean's diet. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) He added that British Cycling was "working towards" providing evidence for the contents of the package. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) I poured the contents of the bag into the toilet, then repeated the process. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) n a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start Syn\|Hyper table of contents list, listing a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) table, tabular array a set of data arranged in rows and columns
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