thesaurus
noun /θɪˈsɔːrəs/
/θɪˈsɔːrəs/
(plural thesauri
/θɪˈsɔːraɪ/
/θɪˈsɔːraɪ/
, thesauruses /θɪˈsɔːrəsɪz/
/θɪˈsɔːrəsɪz/
)- a book that lists words in groups that have similar meanings
类义词典；义类词典；同义词词典 - I couldn’t find the word in the thesaurus.
我在词典里找不到这个词。
词源late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek thēsauros ‘storehouse, treasure’. The original sense ‘dictionary or encyclopedia’ was narrowed to the current meaning by the publication of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1852). - I couldn’t find the word in the thesaurus.