catalogue
catalogue — noun
1. a printed or online publication that shows the items a company sells, with pictu
a printed or online publication that shows the items a company sells, with pictures and prices, so that customers can choose what to buy.
Sivan ordered a raincoat from the online catalogue of an outdoor gear shop.
online catalogue + noun phrase for goods
Ritu tore a page from the furniture catalogue to show her mother the sofa she liked.
catalogue + of + product type
Every spring the company publishes a new catalogue with pictures of all its gardening tools.
Wren circled dresses in the mail-order catalogue and asked her aunt to place the order.
- brochure
a smaller promotional booklet, usually for a single product line rather than a full product range
- price list
a simpler document that lists prices without images or detailed descriptions
文法句型
a catalogue of something
catalogue + noun (as modifier)
用法筆記
In modern commerce this sense increasingly refers to an online or digital catalogue rather than a printed booklet.
常見錯誤
2. an organised list of every item in a specific collection, such as the books in a
an organised list of every item in a specific collection, such as the books in a library, the paintings in a museum, or the plants in a botanical garden.
Élise searched the library's online catalogue to find the novel she needed.
library's online catalogue + for finding items
The museum published a full catalogue of its Ming dynasty ceramics with photos and historical notes.
catalogue of [specific collection] + with descriptive details
Kenji spent the afternoon browsing the exhibition catalogue to read about each artist's background.
Kwame compiled a catalogue of bird species seen at the nature reserve that summer.
文法句型
a catalogue of something
catalogue + noun (as modifier)
用法筆記
Frequently used with a possessive noun or 'of' to specify the collection — 'a library catalogue', 'the catalogue of the exhibition'.
常見錯誤
3. a long sequence of connected bad or unwelcome things that happen one after anoth
a long sequence of connected bad or unwelcome things that happen one after another, such as disasters, problems, or mistakes.
The hospital report listed a catalogue of errors that led to the safety incident.
a catalogue of errors — common negative collocation
Rafael's first year running the farm was a catalogue of crop failures and unpaid bills.
The documentary uncovered a catalogue of human rights abuses that had gone unreported for decades.
After the earthquake, the region suffered a catalogue of aftershocks, landslides, and power outages.
文法句型
a catalogue of + plural noun
用法筆記
The items in the series are almost always negative — disasters, failures, abuses, mistakes. It is rarely used for positive sequences.
常見錯誤
catalogue — verb
1. to record and organise all the items in a collection or group by putting them in
to record and organise all the items in a collection or group by putting them into a list with descriptive details — for example, a librarian cataloguing new books, or a researcher cataloguing plant species.
The Watanabe family spent the weekend cataloguing the contents of their grandmother's attic.
The night-shift librarian stayed late to catalogue the donated books before the morning rush.
catalogue + donated items — typical transitive use
Dr. Okafor catalogued every plant specimen he collected during the three-month forest expedition.
The research team is cataloguing the local dialect words before the older speakers disappear.
文法句型
catalogue something
catalogue something as something
用法筆記
Frequently passive in formal contexts ('the specimens were catalogued by the museum'). The US spelling 'catalog' is common in American publications.