| 单词 | compendium |
| 释义 | compendium /keuhm pen"dee euhm/, n. , pl. compendiums, compendia /-dee euh/. 1. a brief treatment or account of a subject, esp. an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine. 2. a summary, epitome, or abridgment. 3. a full list or inventory: a compendium of their complaints. Also, compend /kom"pend/. [1575-85; < L: gain, saving, shortcut, abridgment, equiv. to com- COM- + pend- (s. of pendere to cause to hang down, weigh) + -ium -IUM] Syn. 1. survey, digest, conspectus. |
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