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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 俚语词典 a dictionary of slang 俚语词典 - 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。
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics Educationa1I 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
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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。
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a list of words in electronic form, for example stored in a computer’s spellchecker 电子词典 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
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Word Originearly 16th cent.: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) ‘manual or book of words’, from Latin dictio, from dicere ‘to say’.