thesaurus

名词 n.
/θɪˈsoːɹəs/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
    — "Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.
  2. A dictionary or encyclopedia. archaic
  3. A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.

词形变化

thesauri plural thesauruses plural

词源

16th century, borrowed from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”); its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852. Doublet of treasure.
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