OEDONLINE线上牛津英语大辞典简介与检索指引

OEDONLINE

線上牛津英語大辭典

簡介與檢索指引...Unrivalledbreadthanddepth

無以倫比的廣度和深度Includesdefinitionsofover600,000words

(超過六十萬個英文字)

Usageillustratedbyover1.5millionquotations

(闡釋了超過150萬個引文)

舉世唯一提供記載了近千年英語發展史之大字典CoverswordsandphrasesfromacrosstheEnglish-speakingworld(涵括了英語世界的一切字詞與片語)

The

biggestdictionaryofanylanguageintheworld

全球公認最大最權威的字典

-正式上線!nice

Typeheretodoaquicksearchforaword

於此輸入關鍵詞做快速查詢Andthenclickhere

然後按此“FINDWORD”ResultsfromaFindWordsearchfor

“nice”(將顯示出查詢結果)Clickonaresulttogotothedefinition

按任一查詢結果(字彙或片語)將連結至其字義全文Clickheretoseetheentrywithoutquotations

按此鍵則圖示由紅轉藍，引文將被隱藏TheoriginalmeaningofNICE!

首先闡釋此字彙之最初含義Quotationsfromawiderangeofsourcesillustratemeaningsandshowusage

以廣泛之引文與原始資料解釋此字彙之含義ScrollthroughtheentrytoseehowmuchNICEhaschangedinmeaningovertime!

(由下拉卷軸將看到此一字彙之含義從古至今做了多少改變)

AstheOEDisahistoricaldictionary,theoldestmeaningofeachword

appearsFirst.

(OED既為一語言史學研究辭典，因此每一字彙越早期之含義則編排在越前面)HowmanysensesofNICEarethere?ClickonEntryMaptofindout.

(按左下角之ENTRYMAP將可查明NICE這個字彙在歷史中有多少個含義)Thereare17differentsenses-usethislisttonavigatethroughthehistoryofNICE

(移動左側卷軸，可點選瀏覽NICE

這個字彙在歷史中的17個含義及其演變過程

)ThechronologicalcoverageoftheOEDmeansthatmodernsensesfollowoldermeanings

(OED係依年代前後排列而記載，藉以彰顯該字彙現代的字義乃跟隨較早的意含而演變)ClickontheListby

DatebuttontoseewhichotherwordsenteredEnglishin1290,thesameyearasNICE

(按下方LISTBYDATE

可於左側視窗瀏覽該時期還有那些字詞與此字彙同時進入英語)ClickontheDateChartbuttontoseeataglancewheneachsensewasincommonusage

(按上方DATECHART

可一覽此字彙的某個含義在那個年代開始被普遍使用)Selectthenumberofresultsdisplayedperpagehere

可以選定每一網頁條列之查詢結果數Type*phobiatofindallwordsendinginphobia

以萬用字元*號查詢*phobiaWildcardscanbeusedinallsearchboxes…

(Wildcards萬用字元可用於OED中的任何檢索視窗)

*

representsanynumberofmissingletters(including0)

(Wildcards*號代表缺了任何數目之英文字母，也包括0)

?represents1missingletter

(Wildcards?

號代表獨缺一個英文字母)115differenttypesofphobia…includingAnglophobia!

得115筆查詢結果Tofindall6letterwordsstartingMIN,simplytypemin???

以萬用字元?

號查詢min???

63resultsarefoundClickSimpleSearchtoopenthefulltextsearchwindow

(按左下方之“SimpleSearch”將出現一個可做全文檢索之查詢視窗)Clickheretofindwhichotherfieldsyoucansearch

(按此將發現尚有其它九種檢索選項)Furthersearchoptionsareavailablefromallwebpages

(於

OED的任何網頁中尚有其他檢索選項)TypeawordorphraseintheboxtofinditinthefulltextoftheDictionary,orinaselectedareafromthedrop-downlist

(鍵入一字詞或片語做全文查詢。或由下拉式選單，選擇您所欲查詢之方式)TypeURDUinthe“Searchfor”box,selectLanguageNamesfromthedrop-downlist,andclickreturntogetalist.HowmanyEnglishwordsoweadebttoUrdu?Clickheretosearchforonewordorphraseinassociationwithanother

按MOREOPTIONS可做此字彙與另一個字彙或片語間之“鄰近字查尋”Proximitysearching

鄰近字查尋鄰近字查尋範例

(一)

Knowthemeaningbutnottheword?

(查詢知道字義而未知拼法之字彙)Here’showtofindthetermforbeermatcollectors!It’salwaysagoodideatousean*attheendofeachwordasthedefinitioncoulddescribetheactivityascollector,collectingetc.

(善用Wildcards*更容易獲得所欲查詢之結果)…andhere’stheword!Here’showtofindallquotationsfromJaneAusten’sPrideandPrejudice...…andhere’sthelistClickheretomovetoAdvancedSearch

(按ADVANCEDSEARCH

可做進階檢索)鄰近字查尋範例

(二)WhichnounsderivefromHindi,enteredEnglishbetween1800and1990,andrelatetofood?Here’showtofindout...Here’showtofindnouns-orotherpartsofspeech

(於此欄點選過濾欲查詢之詞性)進階檢索範例(一)Wordstodowithmusicthathavecomeintothelanguagesince1980?進階檢索範例(二)ClicktheNEWbuttontoseetheentriesintheNewEdition

(得到查詢結果後，若再按此NEW鍵可連結至新版之詞條)Takeacrosswordcluesuchas:“Whichworddescribesatypeofdanceandatypeofsauce?”Here’showtofindout...進階檢索範例(三)…andhere’stheanswer!OxfordEnglishDictionaryOnline“TheultimateauthorityontheEnglishlanguageaswellasahistoryofEnglishspeechandthoughtfromitsinfancytothepresentday”TheTimes“Thegreatestcontinuingworkofscholarshipthatthiscenturyhasproduced”

Newsweek“Anessentialacquisitionforalllibraries”LibraryJournalAnenormousprojectTheupdatingoftheOEDistheworld’slargesthumanitiesresearchprojectEditorialworkalonecostsOUP£3millionperyear!80in-houselexicographers(詞典編纂者),researchersandsystemsengineersworkingontheproject200specialistadvisersNumerousexternalcontributorsAtleast6000newandreviseddefinitionspublishedonlineeachyearFurther