单词 | encyclopedic |
释义 | encyclopedic (ɪnsaɪkləpiːdɪk ) also encyclopaedic adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe something as encyclopedic, you mean that it is very full, complete, and thorough in the amount of knowledge or information that it has. He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of plants. ...an almost overwhelmingly encyclopaedic volume. Synonyms: comprehensive, full, complete, vast Collocations: encyclopedic knowledge His criteria are not pulpit eloquence, communication skill, penetrating insight, remarkable gifts, encyclopedic knowledge, mountainmoving faith. Christianity Today She tries to go for a run every morning, likes reading and has an 'encyclopedic knowledge of country music and a good voice'. Times, Sunday Times He brings to the task a necessary sympathy, an encyclopedic knowledge, and a certain stylistic irrepressibility. The Times Literary Supplement I also found him to have an encyclopedic knowledge of continental railway timetables. Times, Sunday Times He has an encyclopedic knowledge of the network, preferring the subcontinent's short, intense trips to the epic journeys. Times, Sunday Times |
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