Definition in explanatory dictionaries of terms

Abstract

The explanations play a very important role in explanatory dictionaries of terms, it can be said that this is one of the central issues of this type of dictionary. However, in reality, there have not been many studies on this issue because most studies usually focus on considering definitions in language dictionaries, or equivalent words and translations in contrastive dictionaries of terms. The article provides an overview of theories related to the definition in explanatory dictionaries of terms, on that basis, surveying the definition in some dictionaries, thereby generalizing a number of features in the definition and explanation of this type of dictionary