| 单词 | field guide |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield guide field guide n. a book for the identification of animals, birds, flowers, or other things in their natural environment; (also in extended use) a book (often with many illustrations) used for the identification of non-natural objects; an explanatory or practical text on a particular topic. ΚΠ 1877 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 13 211/1 To practical botanists it [sc. the New London Flora] is invaluable, as it serves all the purposes of a field guide. 1922 Elem. School Jrnl. 22 789 The book is published in pocket size with limp leather cover, which will add to its usefulness as a field guide. 1984 Listener 7 June 25/2 It is less of a field guide to the social classes than Fussell's own vision of human (well, American) society. 1996 G. L. Foster (title) A field guide to trains. 2007 Canad. Geographic July 84/1 By the early 1990s, he had..struck out on his own with a folksy, yet thorough and authoritative field guide to the butterflies of Alberta. < as lemmas |
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