dictionary

辞書

言葉の意味やつづり、しばしば発音も説明する本やオンライン資料。

やさしい英語で： A book or online resource that explains words, their spellings, and often their pronunciation.

• Use a dictionary to check the spelling.
• My dictionary explains how to pronounce each word.
• Have you looked it up in a dictionary?

使い方： look something up in a dictionary (I looked the word up in a dictionary.)

よく使う表現： online dictionary, English dictionary, dictionary entry, use a dictionary

専門辞典

特定の分野の情報を、項目名の順に並べた参考書。

やさしい英語で： A reference book that lists information about a subject in alphabetical order.

• He bought a medical dictionary.
• The dictionary of music explains unfamiliar terms.
• Our library has several dictionaries of art and architecture.

使い方： dictionary of something (She consulted a dictionary of legal terms.)

類義語： reference book

よく使う表現： medical dictionary, law dictionary, dictionary of something