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GRE 红宝书

• n. 目录;系列
• ［英］ n. 目录 ( complete list of items of a book) ; 系列 ( series)
• ［记］ catalog=catalogue; cata ( 下面) +logue ( 说话) -> 在下面要说的话 -> 目录

Webster Collegiate

I. noun or catalogue

• Etymology: Middle English cathaloge, cateloge, from Middle French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein to list, enumerate, from kata- + legein to gather, speak — more at legend
• Date: 15th century
• 1. list, register
• 2.
  • a. a complete enumeration of items arranged systematically with descriptive details
  • b. a pamphlet or book that contains such a list
  • c. material in such a list

II. verb or catalogue (-loged or -logued; -loging or -loguing)

• Date: 1598
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make a catalog of
  • 2.
    • a. to enter in a catalog
    • b. to classify (as books or information) descriptively
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to make or work on a catalog
  • 2. to become listed in a catalog at a specified price <this stamp catalogs at $2
• ? cataloger or cataloguer noun

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