vade mecum
noun[C]
uk/ˌvɑː.deɪ ˈmeɪ.kəm/us/ˌveɪ.di ˈmiː.kəm/ausefulbookordocumentthat you cancheckregularlyforinformationabout something:
参考书，工具书Thesevolumesbecamethe vade mecum formodernBritishhistoriansandpoliticalscientists.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 CookeryBookwas anindispensablekitchenvade mecum, abestsellerfor about 20years.《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 topointthe way.
- How to Cure a Hangover is a vade mecum ofindispensablebar-roomwisdom.
- Thebookwasintendedto be a vade mecum for the inter-wargenerationofindependentwomen whosecareersledthem tolivealonein New York.
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