c. 1600, "a dictionary," from Middle French lexicon or directly from Modern Latin lexicon, from Greek lexikon (biblion) "word (book)," from neuter of lexikos "pertaining to words," from lexis "word," from legein "say" (see lecture (n.)).
Used originally of dictionaries of Greek, Syriac, Hebrew and Arabic, because these typically were in Latin and in Modern Latin lexicon, not dictionarius, was the preferred word. The modern sense of "vocabulary proper to some sphere of activity" (1640s) is a figurative extension.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. the lexicon of finance and economics
財(cái)經(jīng)詞匯
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. Chocolate equals sin in most people's lexicon.
巧克力在大多數(shù)人的字典里等同于罪惡。
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. Again according to the Lexicon, Bill was born in 1970.
同樣根據(jù)百科全書(shū), 比爾生于1970年.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Silent earthquakes are only just beginning to enter the public lexicon.
無(wú)聲地震才剛開(kāi)始要成為眾所周知的語(yǔ)匯.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Some fades quickly, but some becomes a part of the national lexicon.