OEDONLINE線上牛津英語(yǔ)大辭典簡(jiǎn)介與檢索指引

OEDONLINE

線上牛津英語(yǔ)大辭典

簡(jiǎn)介與檢索指引...Unrivalledbreadthanddepth

無(wú)以倫比的廣度和深度Includesdefinitionsofover600,000words

(超過(guò)六十萬(wàn)個(gè)英文字)

Usageillustratedbyover1.5millionquotations

(闡釋了超過(guò)150萬(wàn)個(gè)引文)

舉世唯一提供記載了近千年英語(yǔ)發(fā)展史之大字典CoverswordsandphrasesfromacrosstheEnglish-speakingworld(涵括了英語(yǔ)世界的一切字詞與片語(yǔ))

The

biggestdictionaryofanylanguageintheworld

全球公認(rèn)最大最權(quán)威的字典

-正式上線!nice

Typeheretodoaquicksearchforaword

於此輸入關(guān)鍵詞做快速查詢Andthenclickhere

然後按此“FINDWORD”ResultsfromaFindWordsearchfor

“nice”(將顯示出查詢結(jié)果)Clickonaresulttogotothedefinition

按任一查詢結(jié)果(字彙或片語(yǔ))將連結(jié)至其字義全文Clickheretoseetheentrywithoutquotations

按此鍵則圖示由紅轉(zhuǎn)藍(lán)，引文將被隱藏TheoriginalmeaningofNICE!

首先闡釋此字彙之最初含義Quotationsfromawiderangeofsourcesillustratemeaningsandshowusage

以廣泛之引文與原始資料解釋此字彙之含義ScrollthroughtheentrytoseehowmuchNICEhaschangedinmeaningovertime!

(由下拉卷軸將看到此一字彙之含義從古至今做了多少改變)

AstheOEDisahistoricaldictionary,theoldestmeaningofeachword

appearsFirst.

(OED既為一語(yǔ)言史學(xué)研究辭典，因此每一字彙越早期之含義則編排在越前面)HowmanysensesofNICEarethere?ClickonEntryMaptofindout.

(按左下角之ENTRYMAP將可查明NICE這個(gè)字彙在歷史中有多少個(gè)含義)Thereare17differentsenses-usethislisttonavigatethroughthehistoryofNICE

(移動(dòng)左側(cè)卷軸，可點(diǎn)選瀏覽NICE

這個(gè)字彙在歷史中的17個(gè)含義及其演變過(guò)程

)ThechronologicalcoverageoftheOEDmeansthatmodernsensesfollowoldermeanings

(OED係依年代前後排列而記載，藉以彰顯該字彙現(xiàn)代的字義乃跟隨較早的意含而演變)ClickontheListby

DatebuttontoseewhichotherwordsenteredEnglishin1290,thesameyearasNICE

(按下方LISTBYDATE

可於左側(cè)視窗瀏覽該時(shí)期還有那些字詞與此字彙同時(shí)進(jìn)入英語(yǔ))ClickontheDateChartbuttontoseeataglancewheneachsensewasincommonusage

(按上方DATECHART

可一覽此字彙的某個(gè)含義在那個(gè)年代開(kāi)始被普遍使用)Selectthenumberofresultsdisplayedperpagehere

可以選定每一網(wǎng)頁(yè)條列之查詢結(jié)果數(shù)Type*phobiatofindallwordsendinginphobia

以萬(wàn)用字元*號(hào)查詢*phobiaWildcardscanbeusedinallsearchboxes…

(Wildcards萬(wàn)用字元可用於OED中的任何檢索視窗)

*

representsanynumberofmissingletters(including0)

(Wildcards*號(hào)代表缺了任何數(shù)目之英文字母，也包括0)

?represents1missingletter

(Wildcards?

號(hào)代表獨(dú)缺一個(gè)英文字母)115differenttypesofphobia…includingAnglophobia!

得115筆查詢結(jié)果Tofindall6letterwordsstartingMIN,simplytypemin???

以萬(wàn)用字元?

號(hào)查詢min???

63resultsarefoundClickSimpleSearchtoopenthefulltextsearchwindow

(按左下方之“SimpleSearch”將出現(xiàn)一個(gè)可做全文檢索之查詢視窗)Clickheretofindwhichotherfieldsyoucansearch

(按此將發(fā)現(xiàn)尚有其它九種檢索選項(xiàng))Furthersearchoptionsareavailablefromallwebpages

(於

OED的任何網(wǎng)頁(yè)中尚有其他檢索選項(xiàng))TypeawordorphraseintheboxtofinditinthefulltextoftheDictionary,orinaselectedareafromthedrop-downlist

(鍵入一字詞或片語(yǔ)做全文查詢。或由下拉式選單，選擇您所欲查詢之方式)TypeURDUinthe“Searchfor”box,selectLanguageNamesfromthedrop-downlist,andclickreturntogetalist.HowmanyEnglishwordsoweadebttoUrdu?Clickheretosearchforonewordorphraseinassociationwithanother

按MOREOPTIONS可做此字彙與另一個(gè)字彙或片語(yǔ)間之“鄰近字查尋”P(pán)roximitysearching

鄰近字查尋鄰近字查尋範(fàn)例

(一)

Knowthemeaningbutnottheword?

(查詢知道字義而未知拼法之字彙)Here’showtofindthetermforbeermatcollectors!It’salwaysagoodideatousean*attheendofeachwordasthedefinitioncoulddescribetheactivityascollector,collectingetc.

(善用Wildcards*更容易獲得所欲查詢之結(jié)果)…andhere’stheword!Here’showtofindallquotationsfromJaneAusten’sPrideandPrejudice...…andhere’sthelistClickheretomovetoAdvancedSearch

(按ADVANCEDSEARCH

可做進(jìn)階檢索)鄰近字查尋範(fàn)例

(二)WhichnounsderivefromHindi,enteredEnglishbetween1800and1990,andrelatetofood?Here’showtofindout...Here’showtofindnouns-orotherpartsofspeech

(於此欄點(diǎn)選過(guò)濾欲查詢之詞性)進(jìn)階檢索範(fàn)例(一)Wordstodowithmusicthathavecomeintothelanguagesince1980?進(jìn)階檢索範(fàn)例(二)ClicktheNEWbuttontoseetheentriesintheNewEdition

(得到查詢結(jié)果後，若再按此NEW鍵可連結(jié)至新版之詞條)Takeacrosswordcluesuchas:“Whichworddescribesatypeofdanceandatypeofsauce?”Here’showtofindout...進(jìn)階檢索範(fàn)例(三)…andhere’stheanswer!OxfordEnglishDictionaryOnline“TheultimateauthorityontheEnglishlanguageaswellasahistoryofEnglishspeechandthoughtfromitsinfancytothepresentday”TheTimes“Thegreatestcontinuingworkofscholarshipthatthiscenturyhasproduced”

Newsweek“Anessentialacquisitionforalllibraries”LibraryJournalAnenormousprojectTheupdatingoftheOEDistheworld’slargesthumanitiesresearchprojectEditorialworkalonecostsOUP￡3millionperyear!80in-houselexicographers(詞典編纂者),researchersandsystemsengineersworkingontheproject200specialistadvisersNumerousexternalcontributorsAtleast6000newandreviseddefinitionspublishedonlineeachyearFurther