字典是为字词提供音韵、意思解释、例句、用法等等的工具书。在西方，没有字典的概念，全是中国独有的。 字典收字为主，也会收词。词典或辞典收词为主，也会收字。为了配合社会发展需求，词典收词数量激增并发展出不同对象、不同行业及不同用途的词典。随著吸收百科全书的元素，更有百科辞典。那么你知道字典的英语单词是什么吗?下面来学习一下吧。
字典英语单词1：
dictionary
字典英语单词2：
wordbook
字典的英语例句：
他只好去查袖珍字典。
He had to consult a pocket dictionary.
通过勤查字典，他掌握了这些单词。
He mastered these words through the arduous consultation of the dictionary.
你应该查字典找出这个单词的正确读音。
You should look up the right pronunciation of this word in the dictionary.
编成一本字典是一个缓慢的过程。
Producing a dictionary is a slow process.
这本字典有3万多词条。
This dictionary has over 30000 entries.
你应该参考字典。
You should make a reference to a dictionary.
那本字典是属于我的。
That dictionary belongs to me.
这本字典花的钱是那本字典的两倍。
This dictionary cost twice as much as that one.
你根本就不需要买字典，你本身就是一本活字典了。
He is what we call a walking dictionary.
他除了一本小字典外他没有别的字典。
He has no dictionaries other than a small one.
谁把我的字典拿走了?
Who has taken my dictionary away?
字典解释词而百科全书解释事实。
A dictionary explains words and an encyclopedia explains facts.
有一本字典少了几页。
There was a dictionary with several pages missing.
这本字典每一个词都很重要。
Every word in this dictionary is important.
她渴望得到一本新字典。
She expressed anxiety for a new dictionary.
谁把我的字典抄走了?
Who's gone off with my dictionary?
我可以借你的汉语字典吗?
May I borrow your Chinese dictionary?
这种字典销路很好。
This dictionary is in great demand.
上面提到的答案虽然多种多样，却没有一个和字典中对金钱的定义相一致;所以，我们自然而然就会想到下一个问题：这些意义从何而来?
But whatever the answers, none of the above-mentioned definitions are the same as the dictionary definition; so the next obvious question is, where do these meanings come from?