Electronic dictionary character/word inquiry method

Abstract

A method for looking up word/phrase in an electronic dictionary is characterized by that a looking-up request of user can contain multiple words and/or phrases for simultaneously looking up them and the results can be simultaneously displayed.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a word / word query method of an electronic dictionary, in particular to a query method that can contain multiple words / words to be queried in each proposed word / word query request, which is different from traditional query methods that require single characters. Word by word is entered into the query differently. Background technique [0002] Generally speaking, when students read the original text (electronic files in electronic dictionaries or general original books), most of them need to look up the meaning of words / words, and the current search methods provided by electronic dictionaries on the market are as follows: single Query word meaning, that is to input a word / word to be queried (input by keyboard or mark the word / word in the electronic file with the stylus of the electronic dictionary), press the confirmation key, and the software will immediately enter the word / word The words are stored in the temporary storage, an...

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But because only one word / word can be inquired at a time, so when another word / word is to be inquired again, the action of input must be performed again, and when the word / word that has been inquired is desired to be read again, it is more appropriate to cooperate with the article It is still necessary to input the meaning of the word, just like the function of the electronic dictionary currently on the market, so when the user reads an original text, he will continue to interrupt the reading due to word / phrase query, and read When reading the entire original article, you must read the article repeatedly to understand the meaning and structure of the article, which makes the reading time longer. In addition, if you want to read the meaning of the word / word that has been checked, you must enter a series of actions such as input again Not only increases the inconvenience of the user, but also consumes the user's working time

[0003] Also, generally speaking, the structure and grammar of an article can only be understood after reading the full text, but when encountering words / phrases, one by one query immediately, and it is impossible to have a concept of the structure and grammar of the article, so The reading habit of general users is to read the full text and only look up the meaning of the word / word at once, so the above-mentioned word / word query method does not match the reading habits of general users

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