An all-new edition of the essential dictionary for childrengrades 3-5, ages 8-11, with more than 36,000 entries. Expandedusage sentences and phrases include over 1,300 quotes from classicand contemporary children's literature. Additional features includehundreds of new, colorful illustrations, photographs, and diagrams:word history and synonym paragraphs; pronunciation paragraphs foreach letter; child-friendly usage hints; and Greek and Latin wordroot paragraphs to aid spelling and vocabulary building. Specialsections include geographical terms, signs and symbols, word roots,and a list of literary works used in the text.
专门为一至九年级义务教育阶段学生编写。 收录单字量适中，充分满足中小学生的需要。 设有形近字、音近字、词义辨析、多音字辨析、词语积累以及笔顺、部首等多种学习板块，帮助学生打好语文基础。 绘制植物、动物、天文、文物等各类插图，直观形象，利于学生认知和学习。
Revised edition! A dictionary written especially for studentsgrades 9 and up, ages 14 and older. More than 100,000 entries.Nearly 1,000 illustrations, many brand new. Abundant word historyparagraphs, synonym paragraphs, and example sentences. Updated toreflect groundbreaking Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,Eleventh Edition.
The world's most curious monkey investigates new words in thislively picture dictionary for young children. Curious George'sDictionary is an engaging picture dictionary specially designed forchildren from preschool through first grade. Both entertaining andeducationally sound, it features charming illustrations andreflects recent research in early childhood literacy, setting itapart from other picture dictionaries. The main part of thedictionary is an A-Z section containing approximately six hundredwords, six words to a page. Each word is illustrated with afull-color drawing, most of which have been created for this bookby the popular illustrator Mary O'Keefe Young. More than half theillustrations include a sample sentence that puts the word in afamiliar context. A four-page illustrated story at the front of thebook shows George learning how to look up words in his dictionary,drawing children in while introducing them to dictionary skills. Atthe end of the book, seven one- to two-page illustrations presentgr
