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单词 lexicon
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Definition of lexicon in English:

lexicon

noun ˈlɛksɪk(ə)n
  • 1The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.

    (个人、语言或学科的)词汇

    the size of the English lexicon

    英语词汇的规模。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For example, she was instrumental in creating and validating a standardized descriptive language - flavor lexicons - for cheddar cheese flavor.
    • Into the dustbin with them went a whole lexicon of language.
    • About 135 km into the day, I learnt another valuable definition in the lexicon of cycling language.
    • I'm learning a whole new vocabulary, a secret lexicon known only to amputees and prosthetists.
    • Morgan argues that forcing organization theory into lexicons, literal language and precise formulations is a retrograde step.
    • Calling Potter a writer undermines a great deal of the depth and dynamics he brought to the lexicon of language.
    • The terms represent both old and new in the modern lexicon of Cockney rhyming slang.
    • These approaches have quite different origins in artificial intelligence and linguistics, and involve corpus input, lexicons and knowledge bases in quite different ways.
    • The term entered the political lexicon as a word synonymous with corruption and scandal, yet the Watergate Hotel is one of Washington's plushest hotels.
    • William Gibson couldn't have guessed how the word he invented would breed and infect the lexicon.
    • Critically, Morton and Patterson assumed distinct orthographic and phonological lexicons that contain no conceptual knowledge.
    • This theory represents a written word in the mental lexicon as a network of semantic, orthographic, and phonological features.
    • It seems from the neologistic lexicon that most branches of medicine can now have a telecoms component, from teleradiology and telepathology to telenursing and telepsychiatry.
    • The first route involves direct connections between a written word and its location in the orthographic lexicon.
    • These iconographies dictate the semantics of his copper extracts and moderate to become the lexicon of his visual language.
    • Respondents in both groups typically viewed their personal lexicon as containing less than 40,000 words, and the size of their active vocabulary as no more than 20,000 words.
    • We conclude that sophisticated numerical competence can be present in the absence of a well-developed lexicon of number words.
    • Your lexicon was the modern language of Scottish business, not the old Labour view of by-gone coalmines and steelworks.
    • His living lexicon of the English language, coupled with his incredible intellect, made life electric for those around him.
    • After years of exaggerating the snow-vocabulary of arctic peoples, suddenly journalists everywhere are obsessed with the allegedly gaping holes in northland lexicons.
    Synonyms
    word stock, lexis
    1. 1.1 A dictionary, especially of Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, or Arabic.
      (尤指希腊语、希伯来语、古叙利亚语或阿拉伯语的)词典
      a Greek–Latin lexicon

      希腊语-拉丁语词典。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • So Ross, despite a demonstrable ignorance of even the most basic Hebrew and an inability to use Hebrew lexicons correctly, discovers amazing insights, thanks to ‘science’.
      • It is just as easy to access dictionaries, concordances and lexicons, the program having simultaneously located all references to your passage in the books included in your search.
      • They would just never consider looking it up in a dictionary or a lexicon.
      • That of course is where Greek lexicons like those referenced to above are helpful.
      • The publication of French dictionaries and lexicons by Enlightenment scholars further eroded regionalisms.
      • Before you do anything else, unpack the language lexicon and speech database.
      • In addition the German missionaries also produced Tulu lexicon and Tulu-English dictionary.
      • Funding will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases.
      • The celebrated Brown, Driver and Briggs Hebrew lexicon presents the two roots as follows.
      Synonyms
      dictionary, wordbook, vocabulary list, glossary, wordfinder
      reference book, phrase book, concordance, thesaurus, encyclopedia
    2. 1.2Linguistics The complete set of meaningful units in a language.

Origin

Early 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek lexikon (biblion) '(book) of words', from lexis 'word', from legein 'speak'.

  • While a dictionary (early 16th century) goes back to the Latin dicere ‘to speak’, lexicon comes from Greek lexikon (biblion) ‘(book) of words’, from lexis ‘word’, from legein ‘speak’.

Rhymes

Mexican

Definition of lexicon in US English:

lexicon

noun
  • 1The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.

    (个人、语言或学科的)词汇

    the size of the English lexicon

    英语词汇的规模。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The term entered the political lexicon as a word synonymous with corruption and scandal, yet the Watergate Hotel is one of Washington's plushest hotels.
    • The first route involves direct connections between a written word and its location in the orthographic lexicon.
    • It seems from the neologistic lexicon that most branches of medicine can now have a telecoms component, from teleradiology and telepathology to telenursing and telepsychiatry.
    • About 135 km into the day, I learnt another valuable definition in the lexicon of cycling language.
    • Into the dustbin with them went a whole lexicon of language.
    • These iconographies dictate the semantics of his copper extracts and moderate to become the lexicon of his visual language.
    • I'm learning a whole new vocabulary, a secret lexicon known only to amputees and prosthetists.
    • We conclude that sophisticated numerical competence can be present in the absence of a well-developed lexicon of number words.
    • These approaches have quite different origins in artificial intelligence and linguistics, and involve corpus input, lexicons and knowledge bases in quite different ways.
    • For example, she was instrumental in creating and validating a standardized descriptive language - flavor lexicons - for cheddar cheese flavor.
    • Calling Potter a writer undermines a great deal of the depth and dynamics he brought to the lexicon of language.
    • Your lexicon was the modern language of Scottish business, not the old Labour view of by-gone coalmines and steelworks.
    • This theory represents a written word in the mental lexicon as a network of semantic, orthographic, and phonological features.
    • Critically, Morton and Patterson assumed distinct orthographic and phonological lexicons that contain no conceptual knowledge.
    • The terms represent both old and new in the modern lexicon of Cockney rhyming slang.
    • Respondents in both groups typically viewed their personal lexicon as containing less than 40,000 words, and the size of their active vocabulary as no more than 20,000 words.
    • After years of exaggerating the snow-vocabulary of arctic peoples, suddenly journalists everywhere are obsessed with the allegedly gaping holes in northland lexicons.
    • William Gibson couldn't have guessed how the word he invented would breed and infect the lexicon.
    • Morgan argues that forcing organization theory into lexicons, literal language and precise formulations is a retrograde step.
    • His living lexicon of the English language, coupled with his incredible intellect, made life electric for those around him.
    Synonyms
    word stock, lexis
    1. 1.1 A dictionary, especially of Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, or Arabic.
      (尤指希腊语、希伯来语、古叙利亚语或阿拉伯语的)词典
      a Greek–Latin lexicon

      希腊语-拉丁语词典。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is just as easy to access dictionaries, concordances and lexicons, the program having simultaneously located all references to your passage in the books included in your search.
      • The publication of French dictionaries and lexicons by Enlightenment scholars further eroded regionalisms.
      • That of course is where Greek lexicons like those referenced to above are helpful.
      • They would just never consider looking it up in a dictionary or a lexicon.
      • In addition the German missionaries also produced Tulu lexicon and Tulu-English dictionary.
      • The celebrated Brown, Driver and Briggs Hebrew lexicon presents the two roots as follows.
      • Before you do anything else, unpack the language lexicon and speech database.
      • Funding will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases.
      • So Ross, despite a demonstrable ignorance of even the most basic Hebrew and an inability to use Hebrew lexicons correctly, discovers amazing insights, thanks to ‘science’.
      Synonyms
      dictionary, wordbook, vocabulary list, glossary, wordfinder
    2. 1.2Linguistics The complete set of meaningful units in a language.

Origin

Early 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek lexikon (biblion) ‘(book) of words’, from lexis ‘word’, from legein ‘speak’.

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