n.
- 字典，辭典[C]
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You can consult a
dictionary of place names.
你可以查地名字典。
片語
a walking/living dictionary
- 活字典；學識淵博的人
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You can ask him about it. He is
a walking dictionary.
這方面你可以問他。他是活字典。
辨析
n.
(pl. dictionaries)
a book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or their equivalent in a different language.
Etymology
C16: from med. L. dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) ‘manual or book of words’, from L. dictio (see diction).
