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].
双语例句
1. This material has been extracted from "Collins Good Wood Handbook".
这些材料摘自《柯林斯优秀木材手册》。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The Association gives a free handbook to all new members.
协会给新成员人手一本免费手册。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Her mother bought a handbook of English grammar for her last Sunday.
上星期天她母亲给她买了一本英语语法手册.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. None of them has got a handbook to tourists.
他们谁也没搞到旅游指南.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. We often turn to this handbook for information on transistors.
