Roget's Thesaurus
/ˌrɒʒeɪz θɪˈsɔːrəs/
/rəʊˌʒeɪz θɪˈsɔːrəs/
(also also informal Roget)
- a popular reference book, originally written by Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869) and first published in 1852. Roget was a scientist and inventor who started work on the thesaurus when he retired as Secretary of the Royal Society in 1848. It contains English words or phrases arranged together in groups according to their meaning, and is still used today by people looking for the most appropriate word or phrase to use in a piece of writing. New editions of Roget are published regularly.
Roget词库：一本颇受欢迎的参考书，最初由Peter Mark Roget（1779-1869）撰写，于1852年首次出版。Roget是一位科学家和发明家，于1848年以皇家学会秘书的身份退休后便开始从事该词库的工作。包含根据词义排列在一起的英语单词或短语，如今，人们仍在寻找最适合在写作中使用的单词或短语。Roget的新版本会定期发布。