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tome
\tohm\, noun
a large, often scholarly, book
1. 册;卷
2. 大型书本
An unabridged dictionary is a tome.
by 1519, from Middle French tome, from Latin tomus "section of a book, tome," from Greek tomos "volume, section of a book," originally "section, piece cut off," from temein "to cut," from Proto Indo-European *tom-/*tem- "to cut." Originally "a single volume of a multi-volume work;" sense of "a large book" is attested from 1573.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
~Helen Keller
信念是支离破碎的世界在阳光中暴露无遗的力量。
——海伦·凯勒
What two words have thousands of letters in them?
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