参考书,工具书… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! vade mecum meaning: 1. a useful book or document that you can check regularly for information about something: 2. a…. Learn more.
Word forms: pluralvade mecums 1. something a person carries about for frequentor regularuse 2. a book for readyreference; manual; handbook Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Word Frequency vade mecumin American English (ˈveɪdiˈmikəm; ˈvɑdiˈmikəm) something carried about by a person for constantuse, reference, etc., as a handbook or manual Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
Recent Examples on the Web By the time the last of its five massive volumes appeared, in 1959, the Sowerby catalog had become the vade mecum of Jefferson scholarship. Jorge Dionis, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2013 These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'vade mecum.'
From the Latin vāde (“go, walk”), the second-person singular present active imperative of vādō (“I go, I walk”) + mēcum (“with me”), literally meaning "go with me". See full list on en.wiktionary.org
IPA(key): /ˌveɪdi ˈmiːkəm/, /ˌvɑːdi ˈmeɪkəm/Rhymes: -iːkəm, -eɪkəmHyphenation: va‧de me‧cum See full list on en.wiktionary.org
vade mecum (plural vade mecums) 1. A referential book such as a handbook or manual. 2. A useful object, constantly carried on one's person. See full list on en.wiktionary.org