a book or set of books giving information about all areas of knowledge or about different areas of one particular subject, usually arranged in alphabetical order; a similar collection of information in digital form (纸质、网络或光盘版)百科全书;(某一学科的)专科全书 a children’s encyclopedia 儿童百科全书 an encyclopedia of music 音乐百科全书 an online encyclopedia 一部网络百科全书 I looked the Civil War up in my encyclopedia. 我在我的百科全书里查了美国内战。 There are over 20 000 entries in the encyclopedia. 这部百科全书有两万多条目。 The man is a walking encyclopedia (= knows a lot of facts about different things). 这个人是一部活百科全书。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- online
- illustrated
- medical
- …
- consult
- find something in
- look something up in
- …
- article
- entry
- in an/the encyclopedia
- an entry in an encyclopedia
Word Originmid 16th cent.: modern Latin, from pseudo-Greek enkuklopaideia for enkuklios paideia ‘all-round education’.