| 单词 | lexicographer |
| 释义 | lexicographer (once / 14962 pages) n Ever wonder who writes dictionaries? They're called lexicographers. A lexicographer studies words and compiles the results into a dictionary. This is one of several words for a certain type of writer or editor. Just as a playwright writes plays and a poet writes poems, a lexicographer puts together dictionaries. Lexicographer come up with definitions, determines parts of speech, gives pronunciations, and sometimes provides example sentences. Lexicographer need to do a lot of research to make sure they're defining a word correctly; dictionaries are books that people need to trust. If you love words, you might enjoy being a lexicographer. WORD FAMILYlexicographer: lexicographers+/lexicography: lexicographer, lexicographical USAGE EXAMPLESIt might surprise dictionary-owners to know that most lexicographers do not think of their subject in this way at all. Economist(Oct 27, 2016) Thanks to our real-time tracking tools, lexicographers can watch a word’s lookup rank jump in real time, tracking parallel to the news. Washington Post(Oct 20, 2016) Green says that in the few hours the site has been live, the usual suspects have emerged: linguists, fellow lexicographers, language lovers. Time(Oct 16, 2016) n a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper lexicologist Nathaniel Bailey English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742) Sir William Alexander CraigieEnglish lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966) John FlorioEnglish lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625) Henry Watson FowlerEnglish lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933) Samuel JohnsonEnglish writer and lexicographer (1709-1784) Pierre Athanase LarousseFrench lexicographer (1817-1875) Maximilien Paul Emile LittreFrench lexicographer (1801-1881) Sir James Augustus Henry MurrayScottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915) Noah WebsterUnited States lexicographer (1758-1843) Joseph Emerson WorcesterUnited States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865) etymologist a lexicographer who specializes in etymology neologista lexicographer of new words and expressions synonymista student of synonyms compiler a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes) linguist, linguistic scientista specialist in linguistics |
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