vocabulary

• n. 词汇；词表

来自voc-,声音，词源同voice,引申词义词语，词汇表。词义演变参照glossary,dictionary,lexicon.

vocabulary (n.)

1530s, "list of words with explanations," from Medieval Latin vocabularium "a list of words," from Latin vocabulum "word, name, noun," from vocare "to name, call" (see voice (n.)). Meaning "range of words in the language of a person or group" is first attested 1753.

1. Love was a word he'd erased from his vocabulary since Susan's going.

自从苏珊离开后，他再也不提“爱情”这个词了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. His speech is immature, his vocabulary limited.

他说话很幼稚，使用的词汇有限。

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3. His vocabulary was sound and his grammar excellent.

他的词汇丰富，语法也很精通。

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4. Their vocabulary bristles fashionably with talk of federalism.

他们开口闭口都是联邦制度，满口时髦词汇。

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5. There is a vocabulary at the back of our English book.

我们英语课本的后面附有词汇表.

来自《简明英汉词典》