内容简介
Thenextstepinrefininglanguageskills,thisfullyrevisedillustrateddictionaryfocusesontheneedsofstudentsingrades6-8.Expandedwordcoverageandmoreadvanceddictionaryfeaturesarepresentedinwaystohelpstudentsages11-14read,write,andspeakeffectively.*Nearly70,000entriesincludingnewwordsanddefinitionsfromthefieldsofscience,technology,entertainment,andhealth*Morethan22,000usageexamples*Morethan1,000illustrations*Abundantwordhistoryparagraphsandsynonymparagraphs
作者简介
Since1937.MerriamWebsterisAmerica'sforemostpublisheroflanguage-relatedreferenceworks.Thecompanypublishesadiversearrayofprintandelectronicproducts,includingMerriam-Webster'sCollegiate(tm)Dictionary,EleventhEdition-America'sbest-sellingdeskdictionary-andWebster'sThirdNewInternationalDictionary,Unabridged.Merriam-WebstercanbeconsideredthedirectlexicographicalheirofNoahWebster.In1843,thecompanyboughttherightstothe1841editionofWebster'smagnumopus,AnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,CorrectedandEnlarged.Atthesametime,theysecuredtherightstocreaterevisededitionsofthework.Sincethattime,Merriam-WebstereditorshavecarriedforwardNoahWebster'swork,creatingsomeofthemostwidelyusedandrespecteddictionariesandreferencebooksintheworld.
