dictionary
dictionary
(pl. -ies)
have swallowed a dictionary
(pl. -ies)
- a book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language
字典，词典，辞书
■a reference book on any subject, the items of which are arranged in alphabetical order
（按字母顺序编排的有关一定主题的）参考书
a dictionary of quotations.
引语大全。
have swallowed a dictionary
- (informal)(of a person) use long and obscure words when speaking
(非正式)（说话时）使用又长又晦涩的词语
- early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) 'manual or book of words', from Latin dictio (see diction)
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