The Dictionary
1.What is a dictionary? 2.The classification of the dictionaries. 3.Something about the Webster's International Dictionary 4.Woot
A dictionary is a reference book that focuses on defining words and phrases, including multiple meanings. The most frequently used dictionary is a language dictionary that includes the majority of frequently used words in a language.
Language dictionaries are made for different types of users: scholars, office workers, schools, and second language learners. Adult English language dictionaries characteristically include hyphenation information, pronunciation guides, part of speech, alternate spellings, etymological information, sample sentences, usage notes, and sometimes synonyms.
1.Encyclopaedic and linguistic Dictionaries 2.Historical and Etymological Dictionaries 3.Special Dictionaries 4.General Dictionaries
In 1864, under the editorship of Noah Porter, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Royal Quarto Edition, Unabridged, appeared, featuring a vocabulary three times that of Noah Webster's original 1828 edition.
Webster's Unabridged, as the 1864 edition was called informally, soon increased the company's prestige even further. Governments, publishers, schools, and even the Supreme Court of the United States followed Webster's.
A revision of Webster's Unabridged containing a biographical dictionary was published in 1878, and another edition, this one with a dictionary of place names, appeared in 1884.
韦氏字典有几个特点 : a 、每个词的词源解释的很清楚，颇似我国的《词源》 大词典，可以查询某单词的来源及演变，如从希腊语引 入到罗马语，再引入到英语中。 b 、对于单词的发明时间明确标出，比如说 zealous 这个 字是 1535 年发明的。 c 、词条解释十分详尽。 d 、模糊查询，很是方便。 e 、所有列出的单词均有标准语音，发音极其清晰，绝 非金山词霸等软件可比。
woot woot ： an exclamation of happiness( 感叹词， 用语表达兴奋欣喜之情 ) woot:“ a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness. 《牛津词典》 woot=wow+loot
Woot: 英文俚语中表示高兴或惊讶的感叹词。 游戏用于 woot 是桌面角色扮演游戏《龙与 地下城》的玩家常用的一个词，是 “Wow ， loot ！ ” 这两个词的缩略形式。其后，脱离 其原意成为单纯用来表达兴奋之情的感叹 词。《 Webster's New International Dictionary 》 Webster's New International Dictionary