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
- : 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.
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