Merriam-Webster's Compact Visual Dictionary

作者: Merriam-Webster 著

出版社: Merriam Webster

出版时间: 2008-09

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780877792901

定价: 170.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 16开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 1071页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>语言文字

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Newtitle!Aportablevisualinventoryoftoday'sworldincorporatingdictionary-scaledefinitions.2,600highlydetailed,full-colorillustrationsareenhancedby9,500clearandconcisedefinitionspreparedincooperationwithMerriam-Websterlexicographers.Chaptersandcorrespondingthemesinclude:universeandearth;houseanddo-it-yourself;sportsandgames;andmuchmore!Idealforteachers,parents,translators,andstudents. 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. UNIVERSE AND EARTH

　CELESTIAL BODIES

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION

　ASTRONAUTICS

　GEOGRAPHY

　GEOLOGY

　METEOROLOGY

　ENVIRONMENT

PLANTS AND GARDENING

　PLANTS

　GARDENING

ANIMAL KINGDOM

　SIMPLE ORGANISMS AND ECHINODERMS

　INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS

　MOLLUSKS

　CRUSTACEANS

　FISHES

　AMPHIBIANS

　REPTILES

　BIRDS

　RODENTS AND LAGOMORPHS

　INSECTIVOROUS MAMMALS

　UNGULATE MAMMALS

　CARNIVOROUS MAMMALS

　MARINE MAMMALS

　PRIMATE MAMMALS

　MARSUPIAL MAMMALS

　FLYING MAMMAL

THE HUMAN BEING

　HUMAN BODY

　ANATOMY

　sENsE ORGANS

FOOD AND KITCHEN

　FOOD

　KITCHEN

HOUSE AND DO-IT-YOURSELF

　LOCATION

　STRUCTURE OF A HOUSE

　ELEMENTS OF A HOUSE

　HEATING

　AIR CONDITIONING

　PLUMBING

　ELECTRICITY

　HOUSE FURNITURE

　DO-IT-YOURSELF

CLOTHING AND PERSONAL ACCESSORIES

　CLOTHING

　PERSONAL ACCESSORIES

　PERSONAL ARTICLES

……
内容简介:
Newtitle!Aportablevisualinventoryoftoday'sworldincorporatingdictionary-scaledefinitions.2,600highlydetailed,full-colorillustrationsareenhancedby9,500clearandconcisedefinitionspreparedincooperationwithMerriam-Websterlexicographers.Chaptersandcorrespondingthemesinclude:universeandearth;houseanddo-it-yourself;sportsandgames;andmuchmore!Idealforteachers,parents,translators,andstudents.
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:
UNIVERSE AND EARTH

　CELESTIAL BODIES

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION

　ASTRONAUTICS

　GEOGRAPHY

　GEOLOGY

　METEOROLOGY

　ENVIRONMENT

PLANTS AND GARDENING

　PLANTS

　GARDENING

ANIMAL KINGDOM

　SIMPLE ORGANISMS AND ECHINODERMS

　INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS

　MOLLUSKS

　CRUSTACEANS

　FISHES

　AMPHIBIANS

　REPTILES

　BIRDS

　RODENTS AND LAGOMORPHS

　INSECTIVOROUS MAMMALS

　UNGULATE MAMMALS

　CARNIVOROUS MAMMALS

　MARINE MAMMALS

　PRIMATE MAMMALS

　MARSUPIAL MAMMALS

　FLYING MAMMAL

THE HUMAN BEING

　HUMAN BODY

　ANATOMY

　sENsE ORGANS

FOOD AND KITCHEN

　FOOD

　KITCHEN

HOUSE AND DO-IT-YOURSELF

　LOCATION

　STRUCTURE OF A HOUSE

　ELEMENTS OF A HOUSE

　HEATING

　AIR CONDITIONING

　PLUMBING

　ELECTRICITY

　HOUSE FURNITURE

　DO-IT-YOURSELF

CLOTHING AND PERSONAL ACCESSORIES

　CLOTHING

　PERSONAL ACCESSORIES

　PERSONAL ARTICLES

……