dictionary

noun
🔊/ˈdɪkʃənri/
🔊/ˈdɪkʃəneri/
(plural dictionaries)
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  1. a book or electronic resource that gives a list of the words of a language in alphabetical order and explains what they mean, or gives a word for them in a foreign language词典;字典;辞书
    • a Spanish-English dictionary西班牙语–英语词典
    • a slang dictionary在奥克兰的许多地区,死回正在砍伐树木。
    • a dictionary of slang语词典
    • in a dictionary If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary.不懂某个词的意思,就查查词典。
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    • I couldn't find the word in the dictionary.我在词典中找不到这个词。
    • You need a dictionary to understand what he's saying half the time.有一半时间你需要靠字典才能听懂他的话。
    • a way of teaching children how to use dictionaries一种教孩子们使用词典的方法
    Topics Educationa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • comprehensive
    • unabridged
    verb + dictionary
    • check
    • consult
    • look something up in
    dictionary + noun
    • definition
    • entry
    preposition
    • in a/​the dictionary
    See full entry
  2. a book that explains the words that are used in a particular subject专业术语大全;专业词典
    • a dictionary of mathematics数学词典
    • I decided to consult a medical dictionary.我决定去查医学词典。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • comprehensive
    • unabridged
    verb + dictionary
    • check
    • consult
    • look something up in
    dictionary + noun
    • definition
    • entry
    preposition
    • in a/​the dictionary
    See full entry
  3. a list of words in electronic form, for example stored in a computer’s spellchecker电子词典
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • comprehensive
    • unabridged
    verb + dictionary
    • check
    • consult
    • look something up in
    dictionary + noun
    • definition
    • entry
    preposition
    • in a/​the dictionary
    See full entry
  4. Word Originearly 16th cent.: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) ‘manual or book of words’, from Latin dictio, from dicere ‘to say’.