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lexicography

/lek-si-kog-ruh-fee/US // ˌlɛk sɪˈkɒg rə fi //UK // (ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡrəfɪ) //

辞书学,词典学,词汇学,辞海学

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
    • : the principles and procedures involved in writing, editing, or compiling dictionaries.

Examples

  • As a supplement to the latter Meyer has been publishing his invaluable contributions to Middle Irish lexicography.

  • This dictionary forms the first contribution to the constantly growing department of Talmudical lexicography.

  • Meanwhile great advances have been made in the science on which lexicography depends.

  • Some of the nine gems were poets, others represented science—astronomy, medicine, lexicography.

  • Lexicography was perhaps the department of pure scholarship in which the greatest advances were made.