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单词 compendium
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
com•pen•di•um /kəmˈpɛndiəm/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -di•ums, -di•a 
    /-diə/.USA pronunciation  
  1. Literaturea brief treatment of a subject:a compendium of useful information.
See -pend-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
com•pen•di•um  (kəm pendē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -di•ums, -di•a 
    (-dē ə).USA pronunciation 
  1. Literaturea brief treatment or account of a subject, esp. an extensive subject; concise treatise:a compendium of medicine.
  2. Literaturea summary, epitome, or abridgment.
  3. a full list or inventory:a compendium of their complaints.
Also, com•pend (kompend).USA pronunciation 
  • Latin: gain, saving, shortcut, abridgment, equivalent. to com- com- + pend- (stem of pendere to cause to hang down, weigh) + -ium -ium
  • 1575–85
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged survey, digest, conspectus.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
compendium /kəmˈpɛndɪəm/ n ( pl -diums, -dia / -dɪə/)
  1. Brit a book containing a collection of useful hints
  2. Brit a selection, esp of different games or other objects in one container
  3. a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin: a saving, literally: something weighed, from pendere to weigh
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