1530s, "list of words with explanations," from Medieval Latin vocabularium "a list of words," from Latin vocabulum "word, name, noun," from vocare "to name, call" (see voice (n.)). Meaning "range of words in the language of a person or group" is first attested 1753.
雙語例句
1. Love was a word he'd erased from his vocabulary since Susan's going.
自從蘇珊離開后，他再也不提“愛情”這個詞了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His speech is immature, his vocabulary limited.
他說話很幼稚，使用的詞匯有限。
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3. His vocabulary was sound and his grammar excellent.
他的詞匯豐富，語法也很精通。
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4. Their vocabulary bristles fashionably with talk of federalism.
他們開口閉口都是聯(lián)邦制度，滿口時髦詞匯。
來自柯林斯例句
5. There is a vocabulary at the back of our English book.