初识“珠江三角洲”的涵意及轮廓,非在地图册,而是从《辞源》中。包罗万象而又语言凝练的9万余条词目里,关于“三角洲”的仅有几条。令我惊奇的是:在“三角洲”一词的释文旁,清清楚楚地印着“珠江三角洲”的简图,所占篇幅几乎等同该词条的文字,而且是该词条的唯一配图! First understand the “Pearl River Delta,” the meaning and outline, not in the atlas, but from the “source”. In an all-encompassing and linguistic 90,000-word entry, there are only a few articles on “The Delta.” To my surprise, a sketch of the “Pearl River Delta” is printed clearly beside the interpretation of the word “Delta”, occupying almost the same space as the entry, and is the only map of the entry !