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出版社: Merriam Webster
2004-07
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780877795797
定价: 167.30
装帧: 精装
开本: 16开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 960页
正文语种: 英语
  • Adictionaryrevisedandupdatedespeciallyfortheneedsofstudentsgrades6-8,ages11-14.Morethan70,000entriesincludingthousandsofnewwords.Morethan22,000examplesentencesandphrasesaidunderstandingofusage.Morethan1,000illustrations.Abundantwordhistoryandsynonymparagraphs.Providesdefinitions,pronunciation,etymology,partofspeechdesignation,andotherappropriateinformation.Intendedforusebystudentsingradessixtoeight. 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. 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
  • 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
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