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

Cyclopedia \Cy`clo*pe"di*a\ Cyclopaedia
\Cy`clo*p[ae]"di*a\(s?`kl?-p?"d?-?), n. [NL., from Gr. ky`klos
   circle + paidei`a the bringing up of a child, education,
   erudition, fr. paidey`ein to bring up a child. See {Cycle},
   and cf. {Encyclopedia}, {Pedagogue}.]
   The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally,
   of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of
   human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical
   order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a
   particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the
   physical sciences, or of mechanics. See {Encyclopedia}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

cyclopaedia
     n : a reference work (often in several volumes) containing
         articles on various topics (often arranged in
         alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of
         human knowledge or with some particular specialty [syn: {encyclopedia},
          {cyclopedia}, {encyclopaedia}]