vocabulary
美音:
[vəu'kæbjə'lerı]
英音:
[vəu'kæbjə'lerı]
牛津简明英汉词典
n.词汇,词汇量,词表
难易程度:
vocabulary为中学词汇 词频:5568
词形变化:
名词复数:vocabularies
词根
voc,voke=to call(喊叫),voice(声)
详细用法
近义词, 同义词
相关词
1. My second answer to this question of difficult vocabulary is, I think, a much better one.
对词汇难的问题,我想我的第二个办法是一个好得多的办法。
vocabulary
牛津现代英汉双解词典
/və'kæbjʊlərɪ; [US] -lerɪ; və`kæbjə,lɛrɪ/
n
1 [C] total number of words that make up a language (一种语言的)词汇, 字汇. Cf 参看 lexicon.
2 [C, U] (body of) words known to a person or used in a particular book, subject, etc; lexis (某人掌握的或某书、某学科等中使用的)词汇, 词汇层
*a wide, limited, colourful, etc vocabulary 宽泛的、有限的、丰富多彩的...词汇
* Tim has an average (level of) vocabulary for a 3-year-old. 蒂姆掌握了相当于3岁孩子的平均词汇(量).
* an active vocabulary, ie words one recognizes and can use 积极词汇(个人认识并能使用的全部的词)
* a passive vocabulary, ie words one recognizes only 消极词汇(个人认识但不会使用的全部的词)
* enrich, increase, extend, etc one's vocabulary 丰富、增加、扩大...自己的词汇量.
3 (also infml 口语作 vocab / 5vEUkAb;`vokAb/) [U, C] list of words with their meanings, esp one which accompanies a textbook in a foreign language (注有释义的)词汇表(尤指外语教科书所附的). Cf 参看 glossary.
vocabulary
朗文当代英英词典(第4版)
n plural vocabularies
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: vocabulaire, from Medieval Latin vocabularium, from Latin vocabulum 'word, name', from vocare; VOCATION]
[U and C]
all the words that someone knows or uses
Reading is one of the best ways of improving your vocabulary.
He has a wide vocabulary .
active vocabulary
(=the words someone can use)
passive vocabulary
(=the words someone can understand, but does not use)
[C]
all the words in a particular language
English has the largest vocabulary of any language.
[U and C]
the words that are typically used when talking about a particular subject
Most technical jobs use a specialized vocabulary.
vocabulary of
the vocabulary of politics
[U and C]
the range of possible features, effects, actions etc, especially in a type of music or art
vocabulary of
Charlie Parker expanded the vocabulary of jazz.
(the word) failure/guilt/compromise etc is not in sb's vocabulary
used to say that someone never thinks of accepting failure etc
[C] old-fashioned a list of words with explanations of their meanings, especially in a book for learning a foreign language