library

library
(pl. -ies)
  1. a building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for people to read, borrow, or refer to
    图书馆
    a school library.
    学校图书馆。
    [as modifier]a library book.
    图书馆藏书。
    ■a collection of books and periodicals held in such a building or room
    图书馆的藏书(量)
    the Institute houses an outstanding library of 35,000 volumes on the fine arts.
    该学院有关美艺术方面的藏书达35,000卷之巨。
    ■a collection of films, recorded music, genetic material, etc., organized systematically and kept for research or borrowing
    (电影、录制音乐、基因材料等的)资料库,资料室
    a record library.
    录音资料室。
    ■a series of books, recordings, etc., issued by the same company and similar in appearance
    系列丛书;系列音像资料
    ■a room in a private house where books are kept
    书房,书斋
    ■(亦作software library)(Computing)a collection of programs and software packages made generally available, often loaded and stored on disk for immediate use
    (计算机)软件库
语源
  1. late Middle English: via Old French from Latin libraria 'bookshop', feminine (used as a noun) of librarius 'relating to books', from liber, libr- 'book'
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