There are two dictionary definitions of thrift.

词典上节俭有两个定义。

I don't know what the dictionary definition is.

我不知道它在字典里的定义是什么。

She answered by having the students read the dictionary definition for the word.

她的回答是让学生读词典中该词的释义。

However, there are big differences in the dictionary definitions of these words and their uses.

然而，这两个词在词典中的定义以及它们的用法有很大的区别。

What is vampirism? The dictionary definition is that it refers to the habits and characteristics of vampires.

从 A 到 Z 的主义.吸血鬼主义.

So, every definer, you practice writing dictionary definitions.

所以，每个定义者，你练习写字典定义。

Now, that isn't the strict dictionary definition.

现在，这不是严格的字典定义。

Obviously, this is the dictionary definition of looting.

显然，这是抢劫的字典定义。

The dictionary definition is that it refers to the habits and characteristics of vampires.

字典的定义是指吸血鬼的习性和特点。

But let's start with the actual dictionary definition, at least traditionally, of " literal."

但让我们从实际的字典定义开始， 至少传统上是“字面意思” 。

This is distinct from denotation, which is more like the dictionary definition of a word.

这与外延不同，外延更像是单词的字典定义。

You’re matching up the word and its contextual use with the existing dictionary definition.

您正在将单词及其上下文用法与现有词典定义进行匹配。

Well, not if we adhere to the dictionary definition, Bill Gates, wanted to start a company.

好吧，如果我们遵循字典的定义，比尔·盖茨想要创办一家公司，那就不是了。

Obesity, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that health may be adversely affected, meets the dictionary definition of disease, argues Professor John Wilding.

约翰·威尔丁教授认为，肥胖，即体内多余的脂肪堆积到对健康造成不利影响的程度，符合字典对疾病的定义。

Understanding words does not consist in knowing their dictionary definitions, or in being able to specify the objects to which they are appropriate.

理解单词并不在于知道它们的字典定义， 也不在于能够指定它们适用的对象。

Given that the dictionary definition of curiosity is " the desire to know something" , it may be of little surprise that much research has concerned its benefits for education.

考虑到词典对好奇心的定义为“想要知道一些东西的欲望”，很多关注好奇心对教育益处的研究就不足为奇了。

That's the traditional dictionary definition of " literally." However, more recently people have begun to use " literally" when they just want to add emphasis.

那是传统字典对“literally” 的定义。然而，最近人们在只想强调时开始使用“literally” 。

During the trial, the witnesses — which were not bananas and broccoli as you'd expect, but humans in the produce industry — debated multiple dictionary definitions of " fruit" and " vegetable."

在审判过程中，证人——不是你想象中的香蕉和西兰花，而是农产品行业的人——就“水果”和“蔬菜”的多种字典定义进行了辩论。

He believes that the dictionary definition of disease " is so vague that we can classify almost anything as a disease" and says the question is not whether we can, but whether we should, and to what end.

他认为，字典对疾病的定义 “如此模糊，以至于我们几乎可以将任何事物归类为疾病”，他说，问题不在于我们是否可以，而在于我们是否应该，以及目的是什么。