catalogue
英 ['kæt(ə)lɒg]
美 ['kætəlɔɡ]
- n. 目录；（美）大学情况一览
- vt. 把…编入目录
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1、cata- "down, completely" + log- "count, reckon" + -ue.
2、字面含义：count down. => 即使用点数、清点的方式进行登记、造册。=> 编制目录、目录。
3、cata- "down, completely" 表示：完成、做完、即表示动作的完成。
4、也就是完成点数、清点。=> 进一步引申为登记、造册、记载。=> 进一步引申为：编制目录、目录。
catalogue 目录cata-, 向下。-log, 说，读，词源同legible,lecture.
- catalogue (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French catalogue "list, index" (14c.), and directly from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos "a list, register, enrollment" (such as the katalogos neon, the "catalogue of ships" in the "Iliad"), from kata "down; completely" (see cata-) + legein "to say, count" (see lecture (n.)).
- catalogue (v.)
- 1590s, "to make a catalogue;" see catalogue (n.). From 1630s as "to enter into a catalogue." Related: Catalogued; cataloguing.
- 1. The Americans cut back the word " catalogue " and it became " catalog " .
- 美国人把catalogue这个词加以缩短,成了 catalog.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Their full catalogue costs $5, redeemable against a first order.
- 他们的完整目录售价5美元，第一次订购时可返还这5美元。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded to observe and catalogue the stars.
- 当初创立皇家格林尼治天文台就是为了观察星体并对其进行编目。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Send for your free catalogue today.
- 今天寄信索要你们的免费目录。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The catalogue is full of testimonials from satisfied customers.
- 这份商品目录满篇皆是称心顾客的赞辞。
来自《权威词典》
