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almanac

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++al·ma·nac, almanack old-fashioned /ˈɔːlmənæk $ ˈɒːl-, ˈæl-/ noun [countable]  HEa book produced each year containing information about a particular subject, especially a sport, or important dates, times etc 年鉴 SYN yearbook a football almanac 足球年鉴 a nautical almanac 航海年鉴
Examples from the Corpus
almanacIf an almanac editor gets ten percent of his predictions right in a given year, he counts it a success.The times of sunset and sunrise can be proved by reference to an almanac.Thirteen months of twenty days gave a cycle of 260 days that formed the core of the Maya almanac.the 1992 World Sports AlmanacYou could test him by the almanac.It looked gre, I thought that, are you happy with the, uh, almanac insert?
Origin almanac (1300-1400) Medieval Latin almanach, probably from Arabic al-manakh the calendar
al·ma·nac nounChineseSyllable
Corpus a about particular containing information produced book each year a


almanac
almanac , almanack old-fashioned /ˈɔːlmənæk $ ˈɒːl-, ˈæl-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Medieval Latin
 Origin: almanach, probably from Arabic al-manakh __the calendar__
a book produced each year containing information about a particular subject, especially a sport, or important dates, times etc
   SYN  yearbook:
    a football almanac
    a nautical almanac


al·manac (also less frequent al·man·ack) BrE /ˈɔːlmənæk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɔːlmənæk/ 🔊BrE /ˈælmənæk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈælmənæk/ 🔊 nouna book that is published every year giving information for that year about a particular subject or activity 年鉴a book that gives information about the sun, moon, times of the tides (= the rise and fall of the sea level), etc. for each day of the year 历书;年历