| 释义 |
dic·tio·nary
I. \ˈdikshəˌnerē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Medieval Latin dictionarium, from Late Latin diction-, dictio word + Latin -arium -ary
1. : a reference book containing words usually alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, etymologies, meanings, and syntactical and idiomatic uses
< a general dictionary of the English language >
< a monolingual dictionary >
— compare vocabulary entry
2.
a. : a reference book listing terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications
< a law dictionary >
< a dictionary of sports >
broadly : an encyclopedic listing
< a dictionary of dates >
b. : a reference book giving for words of one language equivalents in another
< an English-French dictionary >
< a bilingual dictionary >
c. : a reference book listing terms as commonly spelled together with their equivalents in some specialized system (as of orthography or symbols)
< a dictionary of shorthand >
< a pronouncing dictionary >
3.
a. : a general comprehensive list, collection, or repository
< a dictionary of biography >
< a usage dictionary >
b. : vocabulary in use (as in a special field) : terminology
< the dictionary of literary criticism >
c. : a vocabulary of accepted terms
< in the dictionary of the French Academy >
d. : a vocabulary of the written words used by one author
< systematic dictionaries of individual authors — Hillis Miller >
e. : lexicon 4
II. noun
: a list (as of data items or words) stored in a computer for reference (as for information retrieval or word processing) |