内容简介
AneweditionofAmerica'sbest-sellingdictionary!Thislaminated,plain-edgedversionfeaturesmorethan225,000clearandprecisedefinitions,700illustrations,andmorethan10,000newwordsandmeanings.SpecialsectionsincludeaHandbookofStyle.
作者简介
Since1937.Merriam-WebsterisAmerica'sforemostpublisheroflanguage-relatedreferenceworks.Thecompanypublishesadiversearrayofprintandelectronicproducts,includingMerriam-Webster'sCollegiate?Dictionary,EleventhEdition–America'sbest-sellingdeskdictionary–andWebster'sThirdNewInternationalDictionary,Unabridged.Merriam-WebstercanbeconsideredthedirectlexicographicalheirofNoahWebster.In1843,thecompanyboughttherightstothe1841editionofWebster'smagnumopus,AnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,CorrectedandEnlarged.Atthesametime,theysecuredtherightstocreaterevisededitionsofthework.Sincethattime,Merriam-WebstereditorshavecarriedforwardNoahWebster'swork,creatingsomeofthemostwidelyusedandrespecteddictionariesandreferencebooksintheworld.
