要是用韦氏词典，那你还是用错了。唯一正确的（如果这世上真有什么正确可言——反正对我来说是正确的！）选择是《牛津英语词典》缩印版，这可以说是史上出版过最壮观的两卷本微雕印刷巨著了，从 Aa 一直收录到 Zyxst。许多快乐的童年夜晚，都是在眼花缭乱和兴奋惊呼中度过的……
And you'd still be using the wrong one if you use Webster's. The correct (inasmuch as anything can be correct in this world - correct for me!) choice is the compact edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, which is quite possibly the most glorious duology of volumes of infinitesimally minuscule type ever published, from Aa to Zyxst. Many happy childhood evenings of eyestrain and ebullient exclamations…
我最喜欢的藏书之一是《牛津英语词典缩印版》，它把多卷本 OED 的完整内容缩小成了两卷，总共大概 4000 页（装在一个带放大镜抽屉的书盒里）。我当年在 eBay 上几乎是白菜价淘来的……
One of my favourite possessions is The Compact Edition Of The Oxford English Dictionary, which is the complete text of the multi-volume OED shrunk down into two volumes totalling about 4000 pages (it comes in a case with a drawer for a magnifying glass). I got it for next to nothing on eBay…
Of the twin vices of heft and tiny print The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary has both. I've had my used (two volume) flea market copy of The Compact for over twenty years. The magnifying glass and slipcase were absent when I purchased but back then I could read the tiny text.…
要是用韦氏词典，那你还是用错了。唯一正确的（如果这世上真有什么正确可言——反正对我来说是正确的！）选择是《牛津英语词典》缩印版，这可以说是史上出版过最壮观的两卷本微雕印刷巨著了，从 Aa 一直收录到 Zyxst。许多快乐的童年夜晚，都是在眼花缭乱和兴奋惊呼中度过的……
And you'd still be using the wrong one if you use Webster's. The correct (inasmuch as anything can be correct in this world - correct for me!) choice is the compact edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, which is quite possibly the most glorious duology of volumes of infinitesimally minuscule type ever published, from Aa to Zyxst. Many happy childhood evenings of eyestrain and ebullient exclamations…
我最喜欢的藏书之一是《牛津英语词典缩印版》，它把多卷本 OED 的完整内容缩小成了两卷，总共大概 4000 页（装在一个带放大镜抽屉的书盒里）。我当年在 eBay 上几乎是白菜价淘来的……
One of my favourite possessions is The Compact Edition Of The Oxford English Dictionary, which is the complete text of the multi-volume OED shrunk down into two volumes totalling about 4000 pages (it comes in a case with a drawer for a magnifying glass). I got it for next to nothing on eBay…
说到笨重和字体微小这两大缺点，《牛津英语词典缩印版》全占齐了。我那套在跳蚤市场买的二手（两卷本）缩印版已经买了二十多年了。买的时候放大镜和外盒都没了，不过那时候我肉眼还能看清那些蚊头小字。……
Of the twin vices of heft and tiny print The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary has both. I've had my used (two volume) flea market copy of The Compact for over twenty years. The magnifying glass and slipcase were absent when I purchased but back then I could read the tiny text.…
如果你翻过《牛津英语词典缩印版》，就会明白这些全都是非常实在的问题。:)
If you've ever thumbed through the Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, you'll know these are all very valid questions. :)