dictionary

复数：dictionaries

1. [C]词典,字典 a book that gives a list of words in alphabetical order, with their meanings in the same or another language and usually their pronunciations

• compile dictionary编纂词典
• consult dictionary查字典
• enlarge dictionary增订词典
• expand dictionary增订词典
• revise dictionary修订词典
• search dictionary查字典
• update dictionary使词典反映语言的最新发展

• abridged dictionary节略版词典
• authoritative dictionary权威性的词典
• bilingual dictionary双语词典
• biographical dictionary人名词典
• comprehensive dictionary综合词典
• monolingual dictionary单语词典
• technical dictionary技术词典
• voluminous dictionary大部头的词典

• college dictionary大学生词典
• dialect dictionary方言词典
• medical dictionary医学词典
• pocket dictionary袖珍词典
• science dictionary科技词典
• sports dictionary体育词典

• look up in dictionary查词典

• dictionary of abbreviations缩略语词典
• dictionary of cooking terms烹调术语词典
• dictionary of quotations引语词典

chinese-english dictionary汉英词典；汉英字典；汉英辞典

electronic dictionary电子字典

english-chinese dictionary英汉字典

data dictionary数据字典；资料字典

oxford english dictionary牛津英语词典

walking dictionary活字典

bilingual dictionary双语词典；双语对照词典

picture dictionary图画词典；图解字典

dictionary attack字典式攻击；字典破解

english-english dictionary英英词典

1. That is not, properly speaking, a dictionary but a grammar book.
   严格地说，那不是一本字典，而是一本语法书。
2. He is, as it were, a walking dictionary.
   他可说是个活字典。
3. That dictionary belongs to me.
   那本字典是属于我的。
4. A dictionary is an invaluable aid in learning a new language.
   在学习一种新语言时,辞典是非常有用的工具。
5. Dictionary writers must be skilled in the art of definition.
   词书编纂者必须精於给词语下定义的技巧。