C 词典，字典 a book that gives a list of words in alphabetical order, with their meanings in the same or another language and usually their pronunciations

　compile ～　编纂词典
　consult ～　查字典
　enlarge ～　增订词典
　expand ～　增订词典
　revise ～　修订词典
　search ～　查字典
　update ～　使词典反映语言的最新发展
　abridged ～　节略版词典
　authoritative ～　权威性的词典
　bilingual ～　双语词典
　biographical ～　人名词典
　comprehensive ～　综合词典
　monolingual ～　单语词典
　technical ～　技术词典
　voluminous ～　大部头的词典
　college ～　大学生词典
　dialect ～　方言词典
　medical ～　医学词典
　pocket ～　袖珍词典
　science ～　科技词典
　sports ～　体育词典
　look up in ～　查词典
　～ of abbreviations　缩略语词典
　～ of cooking terms　烹调术语词典
　～ of quotations　引语词典

　No dictionary is perfect.　没有一本词典是十全十美的。
　The dictionary is full to overflowing with new words.　这本词典的新词丰富极了。
　This dictionary is very helpful to your English study.　这部词典对你学习英语很有帮助。
　A good dictionary is indispensable for learning a foreign language.　一本好字典是学习外语必不可少的。
　This dictionary is specially intended for people whose native tongue is not English.　这部词典是专为母语不是英语的人编写的。
　The small pocket dictionary was expanded into a full-sized one.　那本袖珍词典已扩展成为一本大型词典。
　The dictionary is close at hand.　词典就在旁边。
　To many people a dictionary is a useful but a bleak compendium.　在许多人看来，词典是一种有用但乏味的工具书。
　I have three dictionaries.　我有三本字典。
　I bought a compact dictionary last month.　我上月买了一本袖珍字典。
　I need a useful dictionary.　我需要一本有用的字典。
　This book is a dictionary.　这是一部字典。
　There is a table of contents in the front of a dictionary.　词典的开头有目录。
　The word "aberrant" is absent in this dictionary.　这本词典没有aberrant这个词。
　The head-words in this dictionary are printed in bold type.　这部词典的词目是用黑体字排印的。
　Every word in this dictionary is important.　这本字典每一个词都很重要。
　There was a dictionary with several pages missing.　有一本字典少了几页。
　The yearly supplements keep a dictionary up-to-date.　逐年的增补使这部词典的内容能跟上时代的发展。
　You'd better look it up in the dictionary.　你最好查一下词典。
　This is a dictionary of place names.　这是一本关于地名的词典。

　［词源］　中古拉丁语dieclionrium<近代拉丁语dictio（词）