tome
noun /təʊm/
/təʊm/
(formal)- a large, heavy book, especially one dealing with a serious topic
(尤指严肃的)大部头书,巨著 - a weighty tome
一本沉重的大部头
词源early 16th cent. (denoting one volume of a larger work): from French, via Latin from Greek tomos ‘section, roll of papyrus, volume’; related to temnein ‘to cut’. - a weighty tome