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bible

noun
🔊/ˈbaɪbl/
🔊/ˈbaɪbl/
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  1. the Bible
     [singular] the holy book of the Christian religion, consisting of the Old Testament and the New Testament基督教的《圣经》（包括《旧约》和《新约》）Topics Religion and festivalsc1
  2. the Bible
     [singular] the holy book of the Jewish religion, consisting of the Torah (or Law), the prophets and the Writings犹太教的《圣经》（包括《律法书》、《先知书》以及《圣录》）Topics Religion and festivalsc1
  3. [countable] a copy of the holy book of the Christian or Jewish religion一册（基督教或犹太教的）《圣经》
  4. [countable] a book containing important information on a subject, that you refer to very often权威著作（或参考书）
    • the stamp-collector’s bible集邮者的宝典
    5. Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin biblia, from Greek (ta) biblia ‘(the) books’, from biblion ‘book’, originally a diminutive of biblos ‘papyrus, scroll’, of Semitic origin.