- 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》） - 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》） - [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》 - [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
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.