Old English handboc "handbook, manual;" see hand (n.) + book (n.). It translates Latin manualis, and was displaced in Middle English by manual (from French), and later in part by enchiridion (from Greek). Reintroduced 1814 in imitation of German Handbuch, but execrated through much of 19c. as "that very ugly and very unnecessary word" [Richard Chenevix Trench, "English Past and Present," 1905].
雙語例句
1. This material has been extracted from "Collins Good Wood Handbook".
這些材料摘自《柯林斯優秀木材手冊》。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Association gives a free handbook to all new members.
協會給新成員人手一本免費手冊。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Her mother bought a handbook of English grammar for her last Sunday.
上星期天她母親給她買了一本英語語法手冊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. None of them has got a handbook to tourists.
他們誰也沒搞到旅游指南.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. We often turn to this handbook for information on transistors.