a reference resource which provides information about words and their meanings, uses, and pronunciations. A dictionary may be published as a printed book, or as a digital product such as a website or app, and it may be monolingual, bilingual, or multilingual. 词典;字典
a book, website or other resource which deals with a particular subject, providing the words, phrases, and terms used in that field, with information about their meaning and use (某个科目的)专业词典,术语大全
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DICTIONARY | DICTIONARY + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤good好詞典▸➤comprehensive, unabridged綜合性/足本詞典▸➤electronic, online電子/在線詞典▸➤picture圖解詞典▸➤pocket袖珍詞典▸➤English, French, etc.英語、法語等詞典▸➤English-Spanish, Spanish-English, etc.英語-西班牙語、西班牙語-英語等詞典▸➤bilingual, monolingual雙語/單語詞典▸➤learner's學習詞典▸➤standard規範詞典▸➤technical技術詞典▸➤etymological, historical, pronunciation詞源/歷史/發音詞典▸➤biographical, encyclopedic, medical傳記/百科/醫學詞典◇I decided to consult a medical dictionary.我決定去查醫學詞典。VERB + DICTIONARY➤check, consult, look sth up in, use查詞典;在詞典中查⋯;使用詞典◇If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary.不懂某個詞的意思,就查查詞典。◇a way of teaching children how to use dictionaries一種教孩子們使用詞典的方法➤need需要詞典◇You need a dictionary to understand what he's saying half the time.有一半時間你需要靠字典才能聽懂他的話。➤compile, write編纂/編寫詞典▸➤edit編輯詞典▸➤publish出版詞典DICTIONARY + NOUN➤definition, entry詞典中的釋義;詞典中的詞條PREPOSITION➤in a/the dictionary在詞典中◇I couldn't find the word in the dictionary.我在詞典中找不到這個詞。