单词 | dictionary |
释义 | dictionary /dik"sheuh ner'ee/, n. , pl. dictionaries. 1. a book containing a selection of the words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, etc., expressed in either the same or another language; lexicon; glossary: a dictionary of English; a Japanese-English dictionary. 2. a book giving information on particular subjects or on a particular class of words, names, or facts, usually arranged alphabetically: a biographical dictionary; a dictionary of mathematics. 3. Computers. a. a list of codes, terms, keys, etc., and their meanings, used by a computer program or system. b. a list of words used by a word-processing program as the standard against which to check the spelling of text entered. [1520-30; < ML dictionarium, dictionarius < LL diction- word (see DICTION) + -arium, -arius -ARY] |
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