本书里字典的名称都用缩写,以省篇幅,现在列表于下,以便对照:
Oxford English Dictionary(O. E. D.)
Shorter Oxford Dictionary(S. O. D.)
Concise Oxford Dictionary(C. O. D.)
Pocket Oxford Dictionary(P. O. D.)
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary(W. T. N. I. D.)[4]
Webster’s New World Dictionary(W. N. W. D.)
Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary(F. W. S. D.)
Webster’s Biographical Dictionary(W. B. D.)
Webster’s Geographical Dictionary(W. G. D.)
Dictionary of American Slang(D. A. S.)
An English Pronouncing Dictionary(E. P. D.)
A Pronouncing Dictionary of American Speech(P. D. A. S.)
Random House Dictionary of English(R. H. D.)
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language(A. H. D.)
附记:这些是三十年前的重要词典,现在S. O. D.已出了The New S.O.D. of the English Language,C. O. D.已出了第9版。Random House的已经修订,出了新版。此外有Collins English Dictionary(1991),也很可参考。
陆谷孙主编的《英汉大词典》和《补编》非常完美,收词量大,不落英美词典之后,还有王同亿主编的《英汉辞海》也十分完美。二书值得郑重介绍和称赞。陆书尤其适用。以上说的英汉辞典的缺点,他们都没有。不过两部都是大型词典,不是人人都有,所以下面“参考书”一章里批评的还保留。