The definitive dictionary of the English language, the Oxford English dictionary, may well never see the light of day again, only the light of a monitor.

英语权威字典牛津英语辞典可能再无出头之日，只能呆在显示屏幕中了。

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Instead of using a bilingual dictionary that translates the terms to your own language, you'll get descriptions in English and you'll understand the words from the context.

不要使用双语字典翻译到你自己的母语来理解，这样你可以看到英文的描述，你会理解单词在上下文中的意思。

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At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote the American dictionary of the English Language.

当时，英语的拼写发生了两个很大的变化：先是塞缪尔·约翰逊编写了他的英语词典，后是诺亚·韦伯斯特出版了《美国英语词典》。

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According to Dictionary.com, the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, included the term with essentially the same definition in 2000.

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