cataloguing

/ˈkæt.əl.ɒɡ/ (bre, ipa) · [kˈætəlˌɔɡɪŋ] /ˈkæt̬.əl.ɑːɡ/ (ame, ipa) · [kˈætəlˌɔɡɪŋ] /ˈka-tə-ˌlȯg How to pronounce catalog (audio) -ˌläg/ (ame, mw)

cataloguing — 動詞

  • cataloguingpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • cataloguings3rd person singular
  • cataloguinging-ing form
  • cataloguingedpast simple

1. writing down items one by one, often with short descriptions, so the whole group

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

編目；登錄

逐筆登錄物品以便日後查找

writing down items one by one, often with short descriptions, so the whole group can be looked through, searched, or sorted later.

例句

Sahil spent the summer cataloguing every fossil in the museum's basement storage.

Sahil 整個夏天都在博物館的地下儲藏室裡編目每一塊化石。

cataloguing + concrete noun-phrase object

Volunteers are cataloguing the donated books by author, language, and year of publication.

志工們正依照作者、語言和出版年份為捐贈的書籍編目。

cataloguing + object + by + criteria

同義詞
  • indexing

    narrower — making a searchable index, often alphabetical, rather than a full descriptive list

  • documenting

    broader — recording any kind of information, not necessarily as a list

  • inventorying

    focused on counting stock or assets, less on descriptive detail

反義詞
  • discarding

    throwing items away rather than recording them for reference

文法句型

catalogue + noun phrase

catalogue + noun phrase + as + noun

用法筆記

Object is usually a countable group meant for later reference — collections, archives, species, products. Frequently appears as a present participle or gerund after 'began', 'finished', 'busy', or 'help with'.

常見錯誤

❌Otis is cataloguing the music.
✅Otis is cataloguing his music collection.
💡needs a countable group, not an uncountable mass.
❌She cataloguing the files yesterday.
✅She catalogued the files yesterday.
💡'cataloguing' is the -ing form; for a finished past action use 'catalogued'.

cataloguing — 名詞