album
/ˈælbəm/noun
1
- a blank book for the insertion of photographs, stamps, or pictures相册, 集邮簿, 画册：
the wedding pictures had pride of place in the family album.
结婚照在家庭相册中占着首要位置。
2
- a collection of recordings, on long-playing record, cassette, or CD, which are issued as a single item专集; 合集（单独发行的唱片、磁带或CD）。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin， neuter of albus 'white' used as a noun meaning 'a blank tablet'. Taken into English from the German use of the Latin phrase album amicorum 'album of friends'， it was originally used consciously as a Latin word with Latin inflections.