1.city in northeastern Kansas, a southwestern suburb of Kansas City.
1.But often these rules don't bear up under scrutiny; Merriam-Webster tends to cite great writers who break this or that "rule" .
然而很多时候这些规则细看之下便不再撑得住了。梅里亚姆-韦伯斯特倾向于去引用那些打破了这条或那条“规则”的伟大作家。
2.Merriam - Webster prepared the company since 2003 Top Ten hot words, these words usually reflect the current hot issues of social concern.
梅里厄姆-韦伯斯特公司自2003年开始编制年度十大热词，这些词通常能反映出当年社会关注的热点问题。
3.Merriam Webster is even more strange in tracing its etymology to a French word for a flat round cake.
但韦氏大词典更为奇怪，它将galoshes的词源追溯到一个意为“平圆蛋糕”的法语单词上了。
4.MERRIAM, Kan. -- Americans have been warned to watch out for trans fats because of the strong link to heart disease.
美国人已经被告知需提防反型脂肪，因之与心脏疾病有密切联系。
5.The excellent "Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage" is uncharacteristically silent on the subject.
优秀的“《韦氏词典》的英语用法”对这个主题却无任何标记。
6.We just came across Wordnik, a very cool alternative to traditional dictionary sites like Dictionary. com or Merriam-Webster's web site.
我们发现一款另类的词典网站Wordnik，它与传统的词典网站（如Dictionary.com和Merriam-Webster）有很大的不同。
7.Since Merriam-Webster first published its Collegiate Dictionary in 1898, at least 100, 000 words have been added.
自从1898年《韦氏词典》初版以来，至少已经增加了十万个词语。
8.A quick look in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary provides four different definitions of virtualization's root word, virtual.
快速浏览Merriam-Webster在线词典中虚拟化词根virtual的4个不同定义。
9.The editors of the Merriam-Webster dictionary would like you to know that "cougar" doesn't just refer to an animal.
韦氏字典的编辑要告诉你“cougar”（美洲狮）不仅仅是一种动物，也能用来形容那些想要吃嫩草的中年女人。
10.The best usage book in this spirit is Merriam-Webster's "Dictionary of English Usage" .
对于这种气质的人来说，最好的工具书就是梅里亚姆-韦伯斯特的《英语用法词典》。