(一) 英国先有双语词典,后有单语词典。最早8世纪时,拉丁文本里就出现许多英文解释,以后逐渐发展成为词汇汇编,一直到16世纪。英国第一部单语词典(即英英词典)始于莎士比亚时代。编纂者为罗弼·卡德莱(Robert Cawdrey)。这部小词典只收有2500条,主要的是所谓“难字”。1721年出现N·贝利(Nathan Bailey)的“通用英语语源词典”(Universal Etymological (A) The United Kingdom has a bilingual dictionary, followed by a monolingual dictionary. As early as the 8th century, there were many English explanations in the Latin text, and later evolved into a compilation of lexicons until the 16th century. The first English monolingual dictionary (English-English dictionary) began in Shakespeare. Compiled by Robert Cawdrey. This small dictionary contains only 2500, the main thing is the so-called “difficult words.” In 1721, Nathan Bailey’s Universal Etymological Dictionary