- 1nB1
/ˈhændbʊk/
A short book giving the facts, rules, or advice you need about one subject.
手冊
複數 handbooks
核心畫面
Picture a book small enough to keep beside you while you work — not one you read through, but one you open at the page you need. Handbook is built exactly that way: hand plus book, the book you keep to hand.
可以想成：一本小到可以放在手邊、邊做事邊翻的書——你不會從頭讀到尾，而是需要哪一頁就翻哪一頁。handbook 的組…更多收起
可以想成：一本小到可以放在手邊、邊做事邊翻的書——你不會從頭讀到尾，而是需要哪一頁就翻哪一頁。handbook 的組成正是這個意思：hand（手）加 book（書），隨手可以拿到的那本書。中文的「手冊」在字面上剛好也對得上。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
handbooknoun/ˈhændˌbʊk/
- 1
A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.
- 2
gamblinggamesA place where illicit bets can be placed.
- The extent of the business done in this line is not understood by those who have not looked into it. In New York there are 50 pool rooms and 500 handbooks; in East St. Louis, 20 handbooks; in Chicago, 5 pool rooms and 200 handbooks; […]
- Persons subject to his rule can be found operating, in addition to the wire service, wire service relays, handbooks, gambling houses, prostitution establishments, coin-operated device companies, bars, restaurants, night clubs, motels, […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。