a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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This is an encyclopaedia of philosophy. 這是本哲學百科全書。
The boy likes to read the children\\\'s encyclopaedia. 那個男孩很喜歡看那本兒童百科全書。