- [countable]
a collection of items, especially pieces of music or writing, taken from different places and put together 收集；選編；選輯 Her latest album is a compilation of all her best singles. 她的最新專輯收錄了她所有的最佳單曲。 a compilation album 一張選輯
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the process of compiling something 編纂；編著；編寫 the compilation of a dictionary 詞典的編纂
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin compilatio(n-), from compilare ‘to plunder’.