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

Vocabulary \Vo*cab"u*la*ry\, n.; pl. {Vocabularies}. [LL.
   vocabularium, vocabularius: cf. F. vocabulaire. See
   {Vocable}.]
   1. A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical
      order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a
      whole language, a single work or author, a branch of
      science, or the like; a word-book.

   2. A sum or stock of words employed.

            His vocabulary seems to have been no larger than was
            necessary for the transaction of business.
                                                  --Macaulay.