English-Chinese Dictionary for Modern Times Volume 1 (A-E)

By Z.J. Zhao and C.S. Tee

This English-Chinese dictionary (in three volumes) provides many currently popular words and phrases, as well as those most basic ones. Every English word or phrase is accompanied by its Chinese meaning, Pinyin (i.e. Chinese phonetic symbols), and word class tagging. The electronic dictionary is helpful in learning English, modern simplified Chinese and Pinyin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: China Publishing House Pte Ltd
• Release date: Aug 23, 2022

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Preface

This English-Chinese dictionary provides many currently popular words and phrases, as well as those most basic ones. Every English word or phrase is accompanied by its Chinese meaning, Pinyin (i.e. Chinese phonetic symbols), and a front tag.

The front tag of every English item usually shows which subject it is about (such as sports, IT, crime, banking, etc.) and its word class (i.e. noun, verb, adjective, etc.). For example n. (i.e. noun名词), adj. (i.e. adjective形容词), phr. (i.e. phrase短语), prep. (i.e. preposition介词), int. (i.e. interjection感叹词), det. (i.e. determiner限定词), antonym反义词, synonym同义词, sports运动, grammar语法, IT信息技术, mobile phone手机, aircraft飞机, and so on.

For a Chinese meaning, more than one English word or phrase may be provided. For example ‘{train/n.} aero train / air-bearing train气垫列车’, here both ‘aero train’ and ‘air-bearing train’ are noun phrases about train (according to the front tag {train/n.}), and have the Chinese meaning ‘气垫列车’.

Abbreviations are provided for some items, e.g. ‘2D (two-dimensional)’, ‘5G (5th generation mobile networks)’, and ‘acute care unit (ACU)’. Here ‘2D’ is an abbreviation for ‘two-dimensional’, ‘5G’ for ‘5th generation mobile networks’, and ‘ACU’ for ‘acute care unit’.

For some English items about country names, this dictionary also supplies their capitals, official currencies and languages. For example, ‘China (CHN/CN)中国 ─ Beijing北京’, ‘China (CHN/CN)中国 ─ Renminbi (RMB)人民币’, ‘China (CHN/CN)中国 ─ Standard Chinese 普通话’.

For some English items about nutrients needed by our bodies, the food sources are provided at the same time. For example, ‘calcium (Ca) 钙---------- dairy product 奶制品/ salmon鲑鱼’.

This ebook is just volume 1 of the English-Chinese dictionary (in three volumes), which is helpful in learning English, modern simplified Chinese and Pinyin. You’re worth it!

Contents

Preface

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1．{synonym} 10% discount / 10% off 九折jiǔ zhé

2．{sports/n.} 10m diving platform 10米跳台shí mǐ tiào tái

3．[adj.] 2D (two-dimensional)二维的èr wéi de

4．[adj.] 3D (three-dimensional)三维的sān wéi de

5．{IT/n.} 3D printer 3D打印机sān D dǎ yìn jī

6．{IT/n.} 3D printing 3D打印sān D dǎ yìn

7．{mobile phone/n.} 4G (4th generation mobile communication technology)第四代移动通信技术dì sì dài yí dòng tōng xìn jì shù

8．{mobile phone/n.} 5G (5th generation mobile networks)第五代移动通信技术dì wǔ dài yí dòng tōng xìn jì shù

9．{sports/n.} 5m diving platform 5米跳台wǔ mǐ tiào tái

10．{sports/n.} 7.5m diving platform 7.5米跳台qī diǎn wǔ mǐ tiào tái

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11．[phr./n.] a ball of wool 一团毛线yì tuán máo xiàn

12．[phr./n.] a bank of snow 一堆雪yì duī xuě

13．[phr./n.] a bead of sweat一滴汗yì dī hàn

14．[phr./n.] a bit of oil 些许油xiē xǔ yóu

15．[phr./n.] a blade of grass 一片草叶yí piàn cǎo yè

16．[phr./n.] a blob of glue 一滴胶水yì dī jiāo shuǐ

17．[phr./n.] a cloud of dust 一团尘土yì tuán chén tǔ

18．[phr./n.] a clove of garlic 一瓣蒜yí bàn suàn

19．[phr./n.] a dash of milk少许奶shǎo xǔ nǎi

20．[phr./n.] a dose of medicine一剂药yí jì yào

21．[phr.] a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit吃一堑，长一智chī yí qiàn zhǎng yí zhì

22．[phr./n.] a fillet of fish 一块鱼片yí kuài yú piàn

23．[phr./n.] a grain of rice 一粒米yí lì mǐ

24．[phr./n.] a great number of apples 大量苹果dà liàng