library
/ˈlaɪbrərɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1- a building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for people to read, borrow, or refer to图书馆：
a school library
学校图书馆
as modifier a library book.图书馆藏书。
1.1
- a collection of books and periodicals held in such a building or room图书馆的藏书（量）：
the Institute houses an outstanding library of 35,000 volumes on the fine arts.
该学院有关美术方面的藏书达35,000卷之巨。
1.2
- a collection of films, recorded music, genetic material, etc., organized systematically and kept for research or borrowing（电影、录制音乐、基因材料等的）资料库, 资料室：
a record library.
录音资料室。
1.3
- a series of books, recordings, etc., issued by the same company and similar in appearance系列丛书; 系列音像资料。
1.4
- a room in a private house where books are kept书房, 书斋。
1.5
- （亦作 software library）Computing a collection of programs and software packages made generally available, often loaded and stored on disk for immediate use【计算机】软件库。
词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin libraria 'bookshop'， feminine (used as a noun) of librarius 'relating to books'， from liber, libr- 'book'.