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单词 vocabulary
释义 vo·cab·u·lary
I. \ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌlerē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle French vocabulaire, probably from Medieval Latin vocabularium, from neuter of vocabularius vocabular, from Latin vocabulum designation, name + -arius -ary
1. : a list or collection of words or of words and phrases usually alphabetically arranged and explained or defined; specifically : a list in a foreign language textbook of the words and phrases taught or used
 < study the vocabulary at the end of each chapter >
: lexicon
2. : a sum or stock of words employed by a language, group, individual, or work, or in relation to a subject : scope of language
 < Latin contributions to the vocabulary of English >
 < words peculiar to the educationists' vocabulary >
 < estimates his English speaking vocabulary at from 25,000 to 30,000 words — Current Biography >
 < the vocabulary of nostalgia >
 < color vocabularies we acquire in the course of … experiences with colored objects — F.A.Geldard >
3. : a set or list of nonverbal symbols (as shorthand signs, sign language positions, marine alphabet flag signals)
4. : a set of expressive forms used in an art : the range of elements composing a formal medium of artistic creation
 < the Georgian and Federal styles … both used the classical vocabulary of columns, pilasters, pediments — H.S.Morrison >
 < the complex rhythms and brilliant effects … are the natural means of a man who has immense vitality and an enormous musical vocabularyNew Yorker >
specifically : the code of set movements that form the basis of expression for a dance composer and his art product
 < a rigid dance vocabulary based on five fundamental positions — Newsweek >
 < a considerable difference between ballet, which has a set vocabulary of movements, and modern dance, which … finds its pattern as it goes along — Philip Hamburger >
5. : a range of means by which one can apprehend experiences or express ideas or feelings
 < dancing is but a part of her vocabulary of expression; by face, gesture, and exquisite movement, she is, by turn, the playful child, the joyful maiden, and the awakened woman — Newsweek >
II. noun
: a list or collection of terms or codes available for use (as in an indexing system)
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