lexicographer

将“lexicographer”拆分为几个部分来记忆：首先，“lexico-”是“lexicon”（词典）的词根，提示这个词与语言或词典有关。接着，“-graph-”是“-graphy”的简化形式，常用于表示“写作”或“记录”，所以这部分意味着与写作相关。最后，“-er”是名词后缀，表示从事某种活动的人。

记忆方法：想象一个“writer”（作者）专注于写作关于“lexicon”（词典）的人，这个人就是一个“lexicographer”（词典编纂者）。通过这种方式，你可以将“lexicographer”与编纂词典的人这一概念联系起来。

lexicographer (n.)

1650s, from French lexicographe "lexicographer," from Greek lexikographos, from lexikon "wordbook" (see lexicon) + -graphos "writer," from graphein "to write" (see -graphy).

1. A lexicographer's job is to describe the language.

词典编纂者的工作就是对语言加以描述。

2. The lexicographer knew that the English lexis was changing.

字典编纂者知道英语词汇在不断变化。

3. To clarify some grammatical doubts, the young wrote to H. Fowler, the lexicographer who produced the "Concise English Dictionary".

为了探索英语，那年轻人给《简明英语词典》的主编H-Fowler写了封信。

4. As a lexicographer he is in a class by himself.

他作为词典编纂家是无与伦比的.