资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Summary \Sum"ma*ry\, n.; pl. {Summaries}. [F. sommaire, or L.
   summarium. See {Summary}, a.]
   A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an
   abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or
   substance of a fuller account.