单词 | tome |
释义 | tome[ tohm ] / toʊm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tome ON THESAURUS.COM nouna book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book. a volume forming a part of a larger work. Origin of tome1510–20; <French <Latin tomus<Greek tómos slice, piece, roll of paper, book, akin to témnein to cut Definition for tome (2 of 2)-tome a combining form with the meanings “cutting instrument” (microtome; osteotome), “segment, somite” (sclerotome), used in the formation of compound words. Compare tomo-, -tomous, -tomy. Origin of -tomecombining form representing Greek tomḗ a cutting; tómos a cut, slice; -tomon (neuter), -tomos (masculine) -cutting (adj.) Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for tome (1 of 2)tome / (təʊm) / nouna large weighty book one of the several volumes of a work Word Origin for tomeC16: from French, from Latin tomus section of larger work, from Greek tomos a slice, from temnein to cut; related to Latin tondēre to shear British Dictionary definitions for tome (2 of 2)-tome n combining formindicating an instrument for cuttingosteotome Word Origin for -tomefrom Greek tomē a cutting, tomos a slice, from temnein to cut Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for tome-tome suff.Part; area; segment:dermatome. Cutting instrument:microtome. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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