bible

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE Online朗文 5++bi·ble, Bible /ˈbaɪbəl/ noun  1. the Bible the holy book of the Christian religion, consisting of the Old Testament and the New Testament2. [countable] a copy of the bible3  [singular] informal the most useful and important book on a particular subject It's the anatomy student's bible!Origin bible (1300-1400) Old French Medieval Latin biblia, from Greek, plural of biblion “book”, from byblos “papyrus” (from which paper was made)

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Bible
Bi‧ble /ˈbaɪbəl/ noun
1. the Bible the holy book of the Jewish and Christian religions. The Jewish Bible is made up of 39 parts that tell the story of God’s relationship with the Jewish people in ancient times. These 39 parts also form part of the Christian Bible and are called the Old Testament. The Christian Bible has another 27 parts called the New Testament, which tell the story of Jesus Christ.
2. [countable] a copy of this book:
    There was a Bible on the table next to her bed.
3. [singular] informal the most useful and important book on a particular subject:
    The ‘Larousse Gastronomique’ is considered to be the bible for chefs.

bibleBrE /ˈbaɪbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbaɪbl/ 🔊 nounthe Bible [singular] the holy book of the Christian religion, consisting of the Old Testament and the New Testament 基督教的《圣经》（包括《旧约》和《新约》）the Bible [singular] the holy book of the Jewish religion, consisting of the Torah (or Law), the Prophets and the Writings 犹太教的《圣经》（包括《律法书》、《先知书》以及《圣录》） [countable] a copy of the holy book of the Christian or Jewish religion 一册（基督教或犹太教的）《圣经》 [countable] a book containing important information on a subject, that you refer to very often 权威著作（或参考书）◆the stamp-collector's bible集邮者的宝典