单词 | desk dictionary |
释义 | > as lemmasdesk dictionary desk dictionary n. chiefly North American (originally U.S.) a one-volume dictionary of medium size, suited for use on a desk for general reference. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > reference book > [noun] > encyclopaedia thesaurary1592 magazine1639 encyclopaedia1644 enciclopaidion1693 cyclopaedia1728 cyclopede1778 pantology1813 thesaurus1840 collegiate dictionary1872 collegiate1898 desk dictionary1948 learner's dictionary1948 megabook1990 1915 J. C. Fernald (title) The desk standard dictionary of the English language; designed to give the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, and etymology of about 80,000 words and phrases.] 1948 New Republic 2 Feb. 27/1 Almost all the desk dictionaries have come to resemble one another. 1961 Bay & Wendell in J. Barzun Delights of Detection 265 Four or five novels..and..a desk dictionary. 1982 Papers Dict. Soc. N. Amer. 1977 34 There are two other vowel distinctions that are made by W8 but not by other desk dictionaries. < as lemmas |
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