c. 1600, "a dictionary," from Middle French lexicon or directly from Modern Latin lexicon, from Greek lexikon (biblion) "word (book)," from neuter of lexikos "pertaining to words," from lexis "word," from legein "say" (see lecture (n.)).
Used originally of dictionaries of Greek, Syriac, Hebrew and Arabic, because these typically were in Latin and in Modern Latin lexicon, not dictionarius, was the preferred word. The modern sense of "vocabulary proper to some sphere of activity" (1640s) is a figurative extension.
雙語例句
1. the lexicon of finance and economics
財經詞匯
來自《權威詞典》
2. Chocolate equals sin in most people's lexicon.
巧克力在大多數人的字典里等同于罪惡。
來自辭典例句
3. Again according to the Lexicon, Bill was born in 1970.
同樣根據百科全書, 比爾生于1970年.
來自互聯網
4. Silent earthquakes are only just beginning to enter the public lexicon.
無聲地震才剛開始要成為眾所周知的語匯.
來自互聯網
5. Some fades quickly, but some becomes a part of the national lexicon.