单词	compendium
释义	compendiumcom‧pen‧di‧um /kəmˈpendiəm/ noun (plural compendiums or compendia /-diə/) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcompendium Origin: 1500-1600 Medieval Latin, Latin compendere ‘to weigh together’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + pendere ‘to weigh’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a baseball compendium EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A great scholarly compendium of folklore and legends. Anyway, these compendiums try to be all things to all people. It is a 318-page compendium of stock liberal positions and personal anecdotes bound by a thick strand of moral conservatism. Mostly, however, what we find in this new compendium is more. Ovid is a compendium of mythology. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language is a compendium of useful information about language, including language in literature. The main points of Mary Kingsley's remarkable story have appeared in compendiums on Victorian women travellers. Wolfgang Tillmans is exhibiting a compendium of 57 images, with yet more in display cabinets in the centre of the room. word sets WORD SETS► Board Games backgammon, nounbishop, nounboard game, nouncapture, verbcastle, nouncheck, nouncheckerboard, nouncheckmate, nounchess, nounchessboard, nounchessman, nounChinese chequers, nouncompendium, nouncounter, noundraughtboard, noungambit, nounludo, nounman, nounmate, nounmate, verbmove, verbmove, nounParcheesi, nounpawn, nounpiece, nounqueen, nounqueen, verbrook, nounScrabble, nounsquare, noun 1 formal a book that contains a complete collection of facts, drawings etc on a particular subject:  a cricketing compendium2British English a set of different board games in a box
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