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thesaurus

/thi-sawr-uhs/US // θɪˈsɔr əs //UK // (θɪˈsɔːrəs) //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural the·sau·rus·es, the·sau·ri [-sawr-ahy]. /-ˈsɔr aɪ/.

    • : a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms, such as the online Thesaurus.com.
    • : any dictionary, encyclopedia, or other comprehensive reference book.
    • : a storehouse, repository, or treasury.
    • : Computers. an index to information stored in a computer, consisting of a comprehensive list of subjects concerning which information may be retrieved by using the proper key terms.a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms stored in memory for use in word processing.

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Examples

  • A thesaurus is a handy thing, but sometimes seemingly tiny differences in meaning can actually have a huge impact.

  • Instead, day after day I turn to all the wonderful dictionaries, thesauruses, and weird twists on them that are out there on the internet.

  • Had Palin scoured a thesaurus, she could not have come up with a more inflammatory phrase.

  • Hickes' transcript of the Calendar (Thesaurus, I, 203) shows an average of one error in every six lines.

  • Thus the ancient Runic inscriptions, as we gather from Hickes's Thesaurus, are in the form of a knot.

  • The new thought of a treasury of merits (thesaurus meritorum) introduced further changes.

  • The work, however, on which his fame as a scholar is most surely based is the Thesaurus Graecae linguae.

  • John Starke himself, with his Thesaurus of Horror, never penned anything so deliciously frightful.