WEBSTERS NEW WORLD COLLAGE DICTIONARY 第五版

图书标准信息

• 作者 Merriam-Webster 著
• 出版社 Merriam Webster
• 出版时间 2005-07
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780877796367
• 定价 109.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 701页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Ahandy,reliable,andauthoritativedictionaryofwordsmostfrequentlyusedinEnglish.Morethan75,000definitions,2,000newwordentries,andmorethan150illustrations.ExpandedspecialfeaturesincludeaHandbookofStyle,BasicEnglishGrammar,IrregularEnglishVerbsandaGuidetoCommonVerbCollocations(bothessentialforESL),andanewOverviewoftheInternet.

【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

Explanatory Notes

Abbreviations in This Work

Pronunciation Symbols

A Dictionary of the English Language

Foreign Words & Phrases

Biographical Names

Geographical Names

Brief History of English

English Word Roots

Confused and Misused Words

Guide to Common Verb Collocations

Irregular English Verbs

Basic English Grammar

Handbook of Style

Documentation of Sources

Signs and Symbols

An Overview of the Internet