It also contains a Chinese-English dictionary and can recognize Chinese characters written with a stylus.
In September the Oxford University Press brought out the first isiZulu-English dictionary in more than 40 years.
Professor Nichols will continue to gather information on the language in an ongoing effort to preserve as much as possible - and is planning to publish an interim small Chechen-English dictionary in the summer.
Max Heller used a German-English dictionary and phrase book (on display) to write a letter in awkward English to a non-Jewish woman, Mary Mills, whom he had met years before at a Vienna dance.
WSJ: A Tortuous Road to Refuge | Against the Odds | Museum of Jewish Heritage | By Julia M. Klein
"To be told in my own country I can't use a word in the English dictionary - it's nonsense, " said Mr McColghan.
The epic idea of the Oxford English Dictionary--to find every word in the English language--was typical of the Victorian era, a time when dazzling inventions and seemingly impossible projects were pursued.
Each includes 100, 000 main entries--half the number in the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, but quite enough to get around in Australia.
Of the 65, 000 words in the English dictionary, most English-speakers will only use 5-6, 000, Sheedy said.
FORBES: With Swype, Nuance Begins?Quest To Process What We Say -- Everywhere
It recently announced a multiproject deal with Microsoft that will include publishing the Encarta World English Dictionary as a book and CD-ROM in August.
This 2, 662-page revised edition of the standard unabridged dictionary of American English was emphatically descriptivist.
In addition, the new Reader line offers users on-screen functionality to look up words and phrases with the built-in New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition and Oxford Dictionary of English eDictionaries, as well as 10 translation dictionaries in languages such as French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.
ENGADGET: Sony Reader Daily Edition (PRS-950SC) now shipping for $299
First-time buyers will not find a more reliable, comprehensive or enjoyable dictionary of English.
Published in Science, that paper gave the best-yet estimate of the true number of words in English a million, far more than any dictionary has recorded (the 2002 Webster's Third New International Dictionary has 348, 000).
The 2008 book "Perfumes: The A-Z Guide, " by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, has become something of an Oxford English Dictionary for scent.
应用推荐