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The much-anticipated Fifth Edition of The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language is the premiere resource about words for people who seek to know more and find fresh perspectives. Exhaustively researched and thoroughly revised, the Fifth Edition contains 10,000 new words and senses, over 4,000 dazzling new full-color images, and authoritative, up-to-date guidance on usage from the celebrated American Heritage® Usage Panel.
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Word meanings are made easier to understand with thousands of new quotations from classic and contemporary writers. Etymologies explaining word origins and development have been newly created or revised to reflect the very latest scholarship. Many words are traced back to their roots in prehistory through two unique appendixes showing word roots in ancient Indo-European and Semitic.
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评分1. P1695:spring a leak:To starting leak a fluid suddenly: The boat sprang a leak. My balloon has sprung a leak. to【starting leak】 a fluid suddenly AHD在线版正确: spring a leak To start leaking a fluid suddenly: The boat sprang a leak. My balloon has sp...
评分1. P1695:spring a leak:To starting leak a fluid suddenly: The boat sprang a leak. My balloon has sprung a leak. to【starting leak】 a fluid suddenly AHD在线版正确: spring a leak To start leaking a fluid suddenly: The boat sprang a leak. My balloon has sp...
评分1. P1695:spring a leak:To starting leak a fluid suddenly: The boat sprang a leak. My balloon has sprung a leak. to【starting leak】 a fluid suddenly AHD在线版正确: spring a leak To start leaking a fluid suddenly: The boat sprang a leak. My balloon has sp...
评分1. P1695:spring a leak:To starting leak a fluid suddenly: The boat sprang a leak. My balloon has sprung a leak. to【starting leak】 a fluid suddenly AHD在线版正确: spring a leak To start leaking a fluid suddenly: The boat sprang a leak. My balloon has sp...
与其他同类工具书相比,这本书在收录新词汇和反映语言的实时变化方面,展现出了惊人的活力和前瞻性。我发现其中收录了不少近年来才开始在科技界和流行文化中广泛使用的词汇,它们的释义既跟上了时代的脉搏,又保持了语言学的严谨性。这表明编纂团队并非只是墨守成规地重复旧的知识,而是在持续地“倾听”和记录英语的演变过程。更棒的是,对于这些新词,它不仅提供了定义,还往往会追溯其可能的来源和演变路径,这对于理解现代社会语境下的语言动态非常有帮助。这让我感觉手中的工具书永远不会落伍,它与时俱进,是我理解当代英语世界的可靠指南。在快速变化的全球交流环境中,拥有一本能够实时捕捉语言生命力的词典,其价值是无法估量的。它确保了我的理解和表达不会因为信息滞后而显得陈旧或脱节。
评分这本书的排版和装帧真是让人眼前一亮,拿到手里就能感受到沉甸甸的分量和精心打磨的质感。内页纸张的选择非常考究,不仅不易反光,长时间阅读下来眼睛也不会感到疲劳,这对于一本需要经常查阅的工具书来说至关重要。字体的大小和行间距都经过了科学的计算,清晰易读,即便是在光线不太充足的环境下,字母的轮廓也依然锐利分明。尤其是那些复杂的词条释义,排版得井井有条,主词条、词源、用法示例和搭配建议,层次分明,一目了然。我特别喜欢它在特殊词汇上的处理方式,比如那些源自古典文学或者具有特定文化背景的词汇,它并没有简单地给出直译,而是配上了详尽的背景介绍,这让学习过程变得像是在进行一次小型的文化探索。装订工艺也体现了高水准,无论怎么翻动,书页都不会轻易松脱,感觉这本书可以经受住多年的高强度使用。这种对细节的极致追求,使得每一次打开它,都像是在进行一场愉悦的、沉浸式的阅读体验,远超出了普通工具书的范畴,更像是一件值得珍藏的艺术品。
评分这本书的附录和补充材料设计得极其人性化和实用,可以说是点睛之笔。它没有将所有信息都塞进主词条里,而是巧妙地将一些高频但又需要系统梳理的内容独立成章,这极大地提升了查阅效率。比如,我经常使用的那个关于不规则动词变位的表格,整理得清晰明了,并且包含了所有最新的、非正式用法中的变位形式,非常全面。还有专门列出的专业术语缩写列表,涵盖了从医学到信息技术等多个领域,对于跨学科阅读帮助巨大。最让我惊喜的是关于标点符号和大小写规则的详细指南,这些内容往往在其他词典中被草草带过,但这本书却用近乎手册的篇幅进行了详尽的阐述和图例说明,消除了许多日常写作中的困惑点。这些详尽的补充资源,使得这本书的功能远超一本基础的“字典”,更像是一个综合性的语言参考中心,每一次翻阅都能发现新的实用价值,是工作台面上不可或缺的“瑞士军刀”。
评分作为一位语言学习的深度爱好者,我最看重的是词源学的深入挖掘,而这本词典在这方面做得堪称典范。许多词条的溯源描述不仅仅是简单地标明拉丁语或古法语词根,而是详细梳理了词义是如何在历史长河中逐步演变、分化,并最终形成今日面貌的。阅读这些词源故事,简直比读小说还要引人入胜。它揭示了语言背后蕴含的文化迁移、历史事件乃至思维模式的变迁。例如,理解一个词汇如何从一个具体的动作名词,逐渐抽象化为一个哲学概念的过程,这极大地加深了我对该词汇在不同语境下使用深层逻辑的把握。这种历史的维度,让冰冷的文字瞬间鲜活了起来,赋予了它们丰富的生命力和层次感。对于想要真正“吃透”一门语言的人来说,这种对“来龙去脉”的清晰交代,是任何纯粹的现代用法指南都无法替代的宝贵财富。
评分我最近一直在尝试提升自己的学术写作水平,尤其是在精准用词方面,这本书给我的帮助是革命性的。它收录的词汇量之庞大,令人惊叹,但更令人称道的是其释义的深度和准确性。许多我原本以为自己已经掌握的词语,经过查阅后才发现其细微的语义差别和适用的语境。比如,对于那些意义相近但情感色彩迥异的同义词群,它提供的对比分析细致入微,甚至引用了经典作家的例句来佐证其最佳用法,这对于避免在正式写作中出现“用词不当”的尴尬局面,简直是雪中送炭。它不仅仅告诉你“这个词是什么意思”,更重要的是告诉你“你应该在什么时候、以什么样的方式使用它”。这种实用导向的编纂思路,极大地提升了我对英语语言的驾驭能力,不再是生硬地堆砌复杂词汇,而是能够找到最贴切、最能传达原意的表达。对于任何严肃的文本创作者来说,这本书无疑是一把解开语言精妙之处的钥匙。
评分還是不錯的……起碼在人生遭遇GRE以前……雙解很有愛很方便。啊,其實我用的都是電子版……
评分自从朗文以后,发现自己有接近十年没有收过新的英文字典了。之前稍微查了一下,发现这本口碑十分不错,其中一版本对英语作为第二语言的人特别有用。不过最后还是收了个词汇比较齐全的版本。这是上个月才发行的第五版,比上一版增补了许多新词汇,包括一些新用语,新名词,好像“google"等。彩印,多图,学语言又再次成了件有趣的事儿。
评分2013年京东300-100买的(感觉多出了至少50块,但鉴于8开上千页全彩。。也并不吃亏。。),随书附赠的一次有效的电子版被我装在了一个拿到手就有问题的5S上。。。#想知道老板有的是第几版
评分美系英语词典,收词广,释义直白通俗接地气,读美国作品的时候用它,很方便。
评分#学英语的人必备。它还有一个简版,比韦伯词典要好一些,只列示最常用的字义,非常适合随身携带
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