Merriam Websters vocabulary builder

图书标准信息

• 作者 Merriam-Webster 著
• 出版社 Merriam Webster
• 出版时间 2004-07
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780877795797
• 定价 167.30元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 960页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Adictionaryrevisedandupdatedespeciallyfortheneedsofstudentsgrades6-8,ages11-14.Morethan70,000entriesincludingthousandsofnewwords.Morethan22,000examplesentencesandphrasesaidunderstandingofusage.Morethan1,000illustrations.Abundantwordhistoryandsynonymparagraphs.Providesdefinitions,pronunciation,etymology,partofspeechdesignation,andotherappropriateinformation.Intendedforusebystudentsingradessixtoeight.

【作者简介】

TheMerriambrothersdesiredacontinuityofeditorshipthatwouldlinkNoahWebster'seffortswiththeirowneditions,sotheyselectedChaunceyA.Goodrich,Webster'sson-in-lawandliteraryheir,whohadbeentrainedinlexicographybyWebsterhimself,tobetheireditorinchief.Webster'ssonWilliamalsoservedasaneditorofthatfirstMerriam-Websterdictionary,whichwaspublishedonSeptember24,1847.

AlthoughWebster'sworkwashonored,hisbigdictionarieshadneversoldwell.The1828editionwaspricedatawhopping$20;in13yearsits2,500copieshadnotsoldout.Similarly,the1841edition,onlyslightlymoreaffordableat$15,movedslowly.Assumingthatalowerpricewouldincreasesales,theMerriamsintroducedthe1847editionat$6,andalthoughWebster'sheirsinitiallyquestionedthismove,extraordinarysalesthatbroughtthem$250,000inroyaltiesovertheensuing25yearsconvincedthemthattheMerriams'decisionhadbeenabundantlysound.

ThefirstMerriam-Websterdictionarywasgreetedwithwideacclaim.PresidentJamesK.Polk,GeneralZacharyTaylor(herooftheMexicanWarandlaterpresidenthimself),31U.S.senators,andotherprominentpeoplehaileditunreservedly.In1850itsacceptanceasaresourceforstudentsbeganwhenMassachusettsorderedacopyforeveryschoolandNewYorkplacedasimilarorderfor10,000copiestobeusedinschoolsthroughoutthestate.Eventuallyschoolusewouldspreadthroughoutthecountry.InbecomingAmerica'smosttrustedauthorityontheEnglishlanguage,Merriam-Websterdictionarieshadtakenonaroleofpublicresponsibilitydemandedoffewotherpublishingcompanies.

【目录】

Preface

Using Your Dictionary

Abbreviations Used in This Dictionary

Pronunciation Symbols

A Dictionary of the English Language

Abbreviations and Symbols for Chemical Elements

Biographical, Biblical, and Mythological Names

Geographical Names

Signs and Symbols

A Handbook of Style