wordbook

wordbook — 名詞

1. a book that brings together a group of words and tells you what they mean, used

1.名詞B2
釋義

詞彙集

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a book that brings together a group of words and tells you what they mean, used as a small dictionary or a list of important words for a certain subject

例句

Chiara bought a small wordbook of medical terms before starting nursing school.

Chiara 在開始護理學校前買了一本醫學詞彙小手冊。

collocation: wordbook of [subject]

The wordbook on Eshe's desk lists every plant name found in the forest.

Eshe 桌上的那本詞彙集列出了森林中每一種植物的名稱。

同義詞
  • dictionary

    the most common general term; a wordbook is usually shorter or more focused in scope

  • glossary

    a word list typically found at the end of a book, covering only that book's terms

  • vocabulary

    can mean a wordbook, but often refers to the set of words a person knows or a language has

用法筆記

Wordbook is less common than 'dictionary' in everyday speech, but it often appears in the titles of specialised reference works and in older or literary English.