释义 |
repositoryre‧pos‧i‧to‧ry /rɪˈpɒzətəri $ rɪˈpɑːzətɔːri/ noun (plural repositories) [countable] formal - However, unlike definitions, there is no convenient repository from which they can be instantly extracted.
- Modern dance, Alvin believed, needed a living repository of its classics and curiosities.
- The church militant, and indeed all ecclesiastical and monastic institutions, possessed libraries and were repositories of learning.
- The function of the library as a repository of archival documents had not been clearly recognised hitherto.
- We have already discussed how Nestorian thought served as a repository for certain Nazarean traditions.
1a place or container in which large quantities of something are stored SYN storerepository of/for a fire-proof repository for government papers2a person or book that has a lot of informationrepository of/for Bob is a repository of football statistics. |