tome

• 指一本大而厚重、通常具有学术性或权威性的书，常为多卷本著作中的一卷。

A noun referring to a large, scholarly, or heavy book, often part of a multi-volume work.

1. Large scholarly bookB2formal

   A large, heavy, and often scholarly book, typically part of a multi-volume work.

   巨著

   • The professor pulled a dusty tome from the library shelf.
   • He spent hours reading a massive tome on ancient history.
   • The encyclopedia was a multi-volume tome covering many subjects.

   同义词bookcompendiummonographopustreatisevolumework