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The much-anticipated Fifth Edition of The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language is the premiere resource about words for people who seek to know more and find fresh perspectives. Exhaustively researched and thoroughly revised, the Fifth Edition contains 10,000 new words and senses, over 4,000 dazzling new full-color images, and authoritative, up-to-date guidance on usage from the celebrated American Heritage® Usage Panel.
The print edition includes a passkey code for a free download of a smartphone app that works with the iPad/iPhone/iPod or Android platform. A $24.99 value, the app puts the entire dictionary at your fingertips anywhere, anytime, making this one of the most comprehensive and accessible resources available on any mobile device.
In keeping with the American Heritage tradition of cutting-edge research, the Fifth Edition represents the work of a dedicated team of experts, scholars, and contributors. Thousands of definitions have been revised in rapidly changing fields such as astronomy and biology, geographical entries and maps have been completely updated, and the dictionary’s signature feature notes on word history, synonymy, and language variation have been enhanced and improved.
Trustworthy advice on controversies and conundrums in English usage is provided by the American Heritage Usage Panel, a group of 200 prominent users of the language. Under the leadership of Steven Pinker, preeminent researcher on language and the mind, the Panel passes judgment on both new and longstanding usage problems. No other dictionary offers such discerning and helpful guidance on issues of usage, grammar, and style.
Word meanings are made easier to understand with thousands of new quotations from classic and contemporary writers. Etymologies explaining word origins and development have been newly created or revised to reflect the very latest scholarship. Many words are traced back to their roots in prehistory through two unique appendixes showing word roots in ancient Indo-European and Semitic.
Reliable, enlightening, and visually stunning, the Fifth Edition of The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language gives you the opportunity to make your mark in the best possible way.
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5 有用 ReEi酱 2011-12-13 09:36:10
自从朗文以后,发现自己有接近十年没有收过新的英文字典了。之前稍微查了一下,发现这本口碑十分不错,其中一版本对英语作为第二语言的人特别有用。不过最后还是收了个词汇比较齐全的版本。这是上个月才发行的第五版,比上一版增补了许多新词汇,包括一些新用语,新名词,好像“google"等。彩印,多图,学语言又再次成了件有趣的事儿。
2 有用 Endless Chain 2012-07-26 22:27:27
還是不錯的……起碼在人生遭遇GRE以前……雙解很有愛很方便。啊,其實我用的都是電子版……
2 有用 Sitoi 2017-08-03 22:37:52
2013年京东300-100买的(感觉多出了至少50块,但鉴于8开上千页全彩。。也并不吃亏。。),随书附赠的一次有效的电子版被我装在了一个拿到手就有问题的5S上。。。#想知道老板有的是第几版#
1 有用 文喆 2013-12-07 09:36:59
学英语的人必备。它还有一个简版,比韦伯词典要好一些,只列示最常用的字义,非常适合随身携带
1 有用 Joyce🌾悠然 2018-04-02 15:02:00
mark 母语字典
0 有用 桃罐头 2021-02-11 10:00:46
我心目中最好的英语词典,比那些什么韦氏/牛津/剑桥/朗文/柯林斯好用多了,对近义词的辨析极为精确又特别通俗易懂,神了
0 有用 一颗红枣Jujube 2020-05-26 00:02:47
个人认为最好的mdx词典之一(汉化版) 喜欢看图的人的福音~
0 有用 Anabel 2020-05-24 09:21:39
Una buena recomendación de mi profesor. 2000 pages in counting🥰
0 有用 普月 2020-03-01 18:38:06
美系英语词典,收词广,释义直白通俗接地气,读美国作品的时候用它,很方便。
1 有用 Joyce🌾悠然 2018-04-02 15:02:00
mark 母语字典