简介:This book is an entirely new work and represents a significant change from traditional thesaurus making. It has been created so that readers may easily find the appropriate word to express your thoughts precise and with color and variety.
简介:This book is based on The American Heritage Dictionary and features 55,000 entries defined in modern-day language that is clear and precise, presenting the current of central meaning first.
简介:Contains over 155,000 entries, with current meanings given first. Includes notes on usage, quoted and original examples, and several thousand illustrations.
简介:Contains 60,000 definitions, 1,000 biographical entries, 1,500 geographical entries, synonym lists and separate biographical and geographical sections.
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简介:The American Heritage Dictionary: Second College Edition
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简介:《神经科学百科全书:细胞内转运与细胞骨架(英文版)(影印版)(导读版)》内容简介:什么是百科全书?这一名词来自于两个希腊单词:enkuklios(意思是循环的)和paideia(意思是教育)。在16世纪早期,拉丁手稿的抄写者们将这两个单词合而为一,其在英语中演化为一个单词,意思是具有广泛指导意义的工具书(The American Heritage Dictionary,2000,Boston:Houghton Mifflin,p.589)。从其来源可见,其希腊文原词中蕴含着以探索、综合的方式努力获取知识的含义。无论是拉丁文还是英文,该单词泛指涵盖广泛领域知识的工具书。