The relationship between documents and dictionaries: dictionaries can be used to look up new words in books. A dictionary, like a dictionary, is a reference book mainly used to explain the meaning, concept and usage of words.
dictionaries in a broad sense include Chinese dictionaries and various reference books with words as the collection unit; A narrow dictionary only refers to a Chinese dictionary.
its overall structure generally consists of preface, examples, text, appendix, index and other parts.
the text explains the terms in the form of entries, and the entries are arranged in an orderly way.
according to different standards or characteristics, dictionaries can be divided into many types.
Chinese dictionaries can be divided into three categories in terms of content: Chinese dictionaries, subject (encyclopedia) dictionaries and proper name dictionaries.
In ancient China, specialized books, including dictionaries, with the main content of explaining words and phrases were collectively called word books.
Erya, Dialect and Shuowen Jiezi are the earliest representative dictionaries in China.
The Great Chinese Dictionary is the largest dictionary in China.
The oldest existing dictionary in the world is the Sumerian-Akkadian bilingual list of difficult words compiled during the Assyrian Empire in the 7th century BC.
The Collection of Words published in Italy in p>1612 was the first dictionary of European national languages.
The Oxford English Dictionary, published by Oxford University Press, has 12 volumes, with a supplement of 1 volume (1884-1928), which is the largest dictionary in the west in modern times.