[每日] tome (n) 大部書

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Word of the Day (Wednesday February 11, 2009) tome \tohm\, noun: Pronunciation: http://ppt.cc/zClB a large, often scholarly, book An unabridged dictionary is a tome. by 1519, from Middle French tome, from Latin tomus "section of a book, tome," from Greek tomos "volume, section of a book," originally "section, piece cut off," from temein "to cut," from Proto Indo-European *tom-/*tem- "to cut." Originally "a single volume of a multi-volume work;" sense of "a large book" is attested from 1573. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.112.175.59

02/11 20:34, , 1F
tom- 是 cut 的意思,這也是 Tom 這個名字的由來。
02/11 20:34, 1F
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