English Dictionary

dictionary

/ˈdɪkʃənəɹi/

noun

A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings (senses), and sometimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, and translations, as well as other data.

I always keep a dictionary on my desk.

意味（1）

A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings (senses), and sometimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, and translations, as well as other data.

If you want to know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary.

意味（2）

(preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.

Look it up in the dictionary, and what do you find?

意味（3）

(by extension) Any work that has a list of material organized alphabetically; e.g., biographical dictionary, encyclopedic dictionary.

意味（4）

(computing) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a physical dictionary.

User calls RouteCollection.GetVirtualPath, passing in a RequestContext, a dictionary of values, and an optional route name used to select the correct route to generate the URL.