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vade mecum
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌvɑː.deɪ ˈmeɪ.kəm/ us /ˌveɪ.di ˈmiː.kəm/
a useful book or document that you can check regularly for information about something: 参考书，工具书
These volumes became the vade mecum for modern British historians and political scientists.这几卷书成为当代英国历史学家和政治学家的工具书。
The Constance Spry Cookery Book was an indispensable kitchen vade mecum, a bestseller for about 20 years.《康斯坦斯·斯普利烹饪书》是一本不可或缺的厨房工具书，畅销了大约20年。
There is no vade mecum to point the way.
How to Cure a Hangover is a vade mecum of indispensable bar-room wisdom.
The book was intended to be a vade mecum for the inter-war generation of independent women whose careers led them to live alone in New York.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Books: kinds of books
abridgment
annual
anthology
audiobook
backlist
crammer
crime
digest
dime novel
e-reader
easy read
multi-volume
must-read
novel
novelette
novelistic
trilogy
workbook
ya
young adult
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