英语词汇“tome”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A tome is a large book. If you're pre-med, chances are you're going to have one heck of a tome for your biology class. Tome is often used to refer to a book that is not only really large but also unusually important.

If you generally carry more than one tome to class, invest in a bag with wheels so you don't hurt your back. A tome is big and heavy. "Wow! This tome weighs a ton!" Whatever you do, don't leave your tome at home—you'll wind up in detention! You can also use tome sarcastically to describe a book that clearly isn't large or important. But sarcasm is for advanced users only.

WORD FAMILY

tome: tomes

USAGE EXAMPLES

Sao Tome and Taiwan broke ties last week.

Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016)

Taiwan enjoys diplomatic ties with 21 mostly small countries, a list that shrunk by one after Sao Tome cut ties with Taipei this week.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016)

Taiwan's foreign ministry condemned the move, alleging Sao tome demanded a huge amount of financial support.

BBC(Dec 21, 2016)

n a (usually) large and scholarly book

Hyper

book

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

单词	tome
释义	tome (once / 1875 pages) n A tome is a large book. If you're pre-med, chances are you're going to have one heck of a tome for your biology class. Tome is often used to refer to a book that is not only really large but also unusually important. If you generally carry more than one tome to class, invest in a bag with wheels so you don't hurt your back. A tome is big and heavy. "Wow! This tome weighs a ton!" Whatever you do, don't leave your tome at home—you'll wind up in detention! You can also use tome sarcastically to describe a book that clearly isn't large or important. But sarcasm is for advanced users only. WORD FAMILY tome: tomes USAGE EXAMPLES Sao Tome and Taiwan broke ties last week. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) Taiwan enjoys diplomatic ties with 21 mostly small countries, a list that shrunk by one after Sao Tome cut ties with Taipei this week. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) Taiwan's foreign ministry condemned the move, alleging Sao tome demanded a huge amount of financial support. BBC(Dec 21, 2016) n a (usually) large and scholarly book Hyper book a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
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