encyclopedia
n. 百科全书
An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
1. a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Why don't you look it up in the encyclopedia?
你为什么不去查百科全书?
This encyclopedia is crammed with information about everything under the sun.
这部百科全书拥有世上一切知识.
Did you know that Hawkes is a walking encyclopedia of tidbit information?
你知道霍克斯对百科全书中的珍闻趣事非常在行 吗 ?
The encyclopedia has twenty volumes.
这套百科全书有20卷.
The new edition of the encyclopedia embodies many improvements.
百科全书的新版本有许多改进之处.