| 单词 | library |
| 释义 | library (once / 99 pages) n A library is a place where collections of books are kept. If you ever want a reminder of how very much there is to learn in this world, pay a visit to your local library. The noun library, meaning, “a room or building where books are housed,” comes from the Latin librarium “chest for books.” That, in turn, evolved from the Latin liber, a word meaning “book, paper, parchment,” and, more literally, “the inner bark of trees.” The writer Jorge Luis Borges said, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” What would your vision of paradise look like? WORD FAMILYlibrary: librarian, libraries+/librarian: librarians, librarianship/librarianship: librarianships USAGE EXAMPLESTed Turner bought the film library, which left the studio grounds and all its holdings, including props, costumes, scripts and ephemera. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) One of the most common, especially in rural areas, is as a lending library or book exchange. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) The fictional character was concocted by two employees at the library, complete with a false address and driver’s license number. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study Syn|Hypo|Hyper depository library athenaeum, atheneum a place where reading materials are available circulating library, lending librarylibrary that provides books for use outside the building deposit, depositary, depository, repository a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping 2n a room where books are kept they had brandy in the library Hyper room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling 3n a building that houses a collection of books and other materials Exp|Hyper United States National Library of Medicine the world's largest medical library building, edifice a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place 4n a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing Hypo|Hyper bibliotheca a collection of books public librarya nonprofit library maintained for public use rental collectiona collection of books that can be rented by readers in return for a small daily fee accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 5n (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use Syn|Hyper program library, subroutine library accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
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