| 单词 | library |
| 释义 | library /luy"brer'ee, -breuh ree, -bree/, n. , pl. libraries. 1. a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed. 2. a public body organizing and maintaining such an establishment. 3. a collection of manuscripts, publications, and other materials for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference. 4. a collection of any materials for study and enjoyment, as films, musical recordings, or maps. 5. a commercial establishment lending books for a fixed charge; a lending library. 6. a series of books of similar character or alike in size, binding, etc., issued by a single publishing house. 7. Biol. a collection of standard materials or formulations by which specimens are identified. 8. canon1 (def. 9). 9. Computers. a collection of software or data usually reflecting a specific theme or application. [1300-50; ME libraire < MF librairie < ML libraria, n. use of fem. of L librarius (adj.) of books, equiv. to lib(e)r book + -arius -ARY] Pronunciation. LIBRARY, with one r-sound following close upon another, is particularly vulnerable to the process of dissimilation - the tendency for neighboring like sounds to become unlike, or for one of them to disappear altogether. The pronunciation /luy"brer ee/, therefore, while still the most common, is frequently reduced by educated speakers, both in the U.S. and in England, to the dissimilated /luy"beuh ree/ or /luy"bree/. A third dissimilated form /luy"ber ee/ is more likely to be heard from less educated or very young speakers, and is often criticized. See colonel, February, governor. |
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