field guide
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffieldandguide
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field
noun
uk/fiːld/us/fiːld/
an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals, usually surrounded by ...
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guide
noun[C]
uk/ɡaɪd/us/ɡaɪd/
a book that gives you the most important information about a ...
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(Definition offieldandguidefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffield guide
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The second section explains how to use thefieldguide.
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This omission reduces the book's usefulness as afieldguidefor whales.
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At the heart of thisfieldguidelies a five-step process that smoothes the road to a good decision.
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The book is not intended as afieldguide(it's far too bulky!) but provides a detailed account for each locality, together with scientific interpretations and conclusions.
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This is a very careful and full compilation, providing 350 pages of information and ideas, so it must not be dismissed as an ephemeralfieldguide.
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The result is a book that would serve as an excellentfieldguideto researchers, students and amateurs interested in learning how to identify impact layers within the field.
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This book is the ultimatefieldguidefor educators young and old.
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The book was effectively the firstfieldguidefor non-specialists.
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He is a keen birdwatcher and carries his binoculars andfieldguidewith him everywhere.
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The most significant of them are described in afieldguidefirst published in 1954.
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Today, eachfieldguidehas its own range, focus and organization.
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It remained the only availablefieldguidefrom the 1930s (the first edition was issued in 1931) to the 1960s.
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Volume 1 contains thefieldguidewith over 3400 illustrations in 180 plates, and more than 1450 colour maps.
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The book includes afieldguideto help people identify the common animals and plants on the reef.
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Onefieldguidesays its flesh is tasteless and so delicate that it seems to dissolve in one's mouth.
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Children can identify different species of birds with afieldguideand can learn about the birds' feeding and living habits.
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Onefieldguidesays of this species, that one is apt to see it while down on the ground looking for something else.
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Widely distributed in a popularfieldguide, this photo led to the misleading common name, in use since the mid-20th century, becoming firmly established.
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It has been described as undoubtedly the finestfieldguidethat has ever been produced, and the last great bird book of the 20th century.
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Each such group is given a chapter, where identification is covered discurively rather than in the abbreviated form more usually used in afieldguide.
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A large collection from a single area is used in writing afieldguideor manual to aid in the identification of plants that grow there.
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