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dictionary

🇬🇧 UK/'dikʃənəri/🇺🇸 US/'dikʃәnәri/
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Definitions

n.

A reference book listing words alphabetically with their meanings, pronunciations, and other information

字典,词典

v.

To look up a word in a dictionary; to add a word to a dictionary

查字典;收录入词典

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
dictsay, speak, declare
+
ionact, process, state
+
aryrelating to, connected with
=dictionary

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She looked up the unfamiliar word in the dictionary.

  • 2.

    I looked up the unfamiliar word in the dictionary to understand its meaning.

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