内容简介
AllneweditionofadictionarydesignedforpeoplewithlimitedEnglishlanguageskills.GreatforESLstudents.Morethan36,000entrieswithconcise,easy-to-understanddefinitions.Morethan20,000usageexampleswithover400detailedlinedrawings,manyrevised.Alsoincludeswordhistories,biographicalnamesandgeographicalnames.
作者简介
Since1937.Merriam-WebsterisAmerica'sforemostpublisheroflanguage-relatedreferenceworks.Thecompanypublishesadiversearrayofprintandelectronicproducts,includingMerriam-Webster'sCollegiate??Dictionary,EleventhEditiona??amp;nbsp;America'sbest-sellingdeskdictionarya??amp;nbsp;andWebster'sThirdNewInternationalDictionary,Unabridged.Merriam-WebstercanbeconsideredthedirectlexicographicalheirofNoahWebster.In1843,thecompanyboughttherightstothe1841editionofWebster'smagnumopus,AnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,CorrectedandEnlarged.Atthesametime,theysecuredtherightstocreaterevisededitionsofthework.Sincethattime,Merriam-WebstereditorshavecarriedforwardNoahWebster'swork,creatingsomeofthemostwidelyusedandrespecteddictionariesandreferencebooksintheworld.
