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tome

/tohm/US // toʊm //UK // (təʊm) //

圆规,圆顶,圆桌会议,圆锥体

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
    • : a volume forming a part of a larger work.

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Examples

  • The experience of watching a TV show will never feel quite the same as losing yourself, for weeks, in a fat, historical tome.

  • After all, by living an ill-charted, almost mythical life full of anecdote and folk wisdom, Paige actually may have increased the durability and weight of his chapter in the sport's tome.

  • His hefty, demanding tome emphasizes the effects of changing circumstances that pivoted both Stalin and Russia into a vortex of revolution and civil war.

  • The company’s bible for remote work, a 7,000-page digital tome called the GitLab Team Handbook, is freely available on its website.

  • Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century was a big hit in China, as 700-page tomes on economic theory go.

  • When I see Oliona back at her flat she brings out a tome of Pushkin.

  • The 468-page tome purports to be a definitive account of the comedian's life and career.

  • He had some help, too—the entire cast and crew of The Princess Bride contributed cherished memories to the tome.

  • David Foster Wallace even named a chapter in his tome Brief Interviews with Hideous Men “Signifying Nothing.”

  • Franco optioned the tome back in March 2011, and will star and direct the flick.

  • They presented to the amused officer an enormous MS. tome of Church services!

  • It was translated into Latin by Theodorus Schrivelius, and printed in the third tome of his theological works.

  • When they rested in a tree on the other shore, Chow Soo Tome crept from under the wing and climbed down the tree.

  • The ape pitied him and sought to aid him, and what food he had or found he shared with Chow Soo Tome gladly.

  • Through forest, over mountains and across plains toiled Chow Soo Tome patiently.