en·cy·clo·pe·di·a
noun/ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdiə/
/ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdiə/
(British English also -paedia)
- a book or set of books giving information about all areas of knowledge or about different areas of one particular subject, usually arranged in alphabetical order; a similar collection of information in digital form
（纸质、数字版）百科全书；（某一学科的）专科全书 - a children’s encyclopedia
一本儿童百科全书 - an encyclopedia of music
音乐百科全书 - an online encyclopedia
一部网络百科全书 - I looked the Civil War up in my encyclopedia.
我在我的百科全书里查了美国内战。 - There are over 20 000 entries in the encyclopedia.
这部百科全书有两万多条目。 - The man is a walking encyclopedia (= knows a lot of facts about different things).
这个人是一本活百科全书（=知道很多关于不同事物的事实）。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- online
- illustrated
- medical
- …
- consult
- find something in
- look something up in
- …
- article
- entry
- in an/the encyclopedia
- an entry in an encyclopedia
Word Originmid 16th cent.: modern Latin, from pseudo-Greek enkuklopaideia for enkuklios paideia ‘all-round education’. - a children’s encyclopedia