The book looks like a dictionary.

这本书像本词典。

youdao

I'd like a dictionary.

我想要一本字典。

youdao

You're like a dictionary, you add meaning to my life !

你就像字典一样，为我的生命带来意义。

youdao

They take those descriptions and the scientist that is known and they try to design new things, and so if you look at a dictionary it has words like this, that you're designing things or another way to say that is that you're trying to apply science, you're looking at applications.

他们利用已知的,科学原理和描述,来设计新东西,因此,如果你查字典时看到这样的词条,设计产品或者换句话说,试图应用科学原理,那么你看的这个词就是应用

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The Physician's Desk Reference has ballooned from a thin volume into something like an unabridged dictionary, with extremely fine print.

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