| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Motive for the Present Research | 第13页 |
| ·Rationale for the Present Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| ·Focus of the Present Study | 第15页 |
| ·Difficulties and Originality of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research Questions and Methodology | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第16页 |
| ·Methodology | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Relevant Study | 第18-27页 |
| ·Theories on Meaning | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Referential Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Main Idea of the Referential Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Referential Theory and Lexicography | 第19页 |
| ·The-meaning-is-use Theory | 第19页 |
| ·The Main Idea of The-meaning-is-use Theory | 第19页 |
| ·The-meaning-is-use Theory and Lexicography | 第19页 |
| ·Kinds of Meaning | 第19-21页 |
| ·Leech's Classification of Meaning | 第19-20页 |
| ·Zgusta's Classification of Meaning | 第20-21页 |
| ·Meaning and Glosses | 第21页 |
| ·The Anisomorphism of Languages | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Main Idea | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Anisomorphism of Languages and the Gloss | 第22页 |
| ·Key Concepts in This Thesis | 第22-27页 |
| ·Gloss | 第22-25页 |
| ·Definition | 第25页 |
| ·DEFINITION | 第25页 |
| ·Label | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Glosses in the Definitions in ELDs | 第27-64页 |
| ·Introduction | 第27页 |
| ·The Classification of Glosses Based on Their Locations in the Definitions | 第27-34页 |
| ·The Pre-gloss | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Mid-gloss | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Post-gloss | 第32-34页 |
| ·Classification of Glosses Based on Their Functions in the Definition | 第34-40页 |
| ·Indicating Semantically Supplementary Features | 第35-37页 |
| ·Presenting Selectional Restrictions | 第37-39页 |
| ·Supplementing Information on Word Usage | 第39-40页 |
| ·Necessities of Glosses in ELDs | 第40-51页 |
| ·Accuracy | 第41-42页 |
| ·Easy Comprehension | 第42-43页 |
| ·Economy | 第43-45页 |
| ·Questionnaire Survey | 第45-51页 |
| ·Implementation of the Survey | 第46-47页 |
| ·Results & Analyses | 第47-51页 |
| ·Implications | 第51页 |
| ·The Presentation of Glosses in Existing ELDs | 第51-64页 |
| ·Glosses and ELDs' Front Matters | 第52-57页 |
| ·Glosses and Existing ELDs' Front Matters | 第52-55页 |
| ·A Tentative Model for the Presentation of Glosses in ELDs' Front Matters | 第55-57页 |
| ·The Presentation of Glosses within Entries | 第57-64页 |
| ·The Presentation of Glosses within Entries in Existing ELDs | 第57-58页 |
| ·Unsatisfactory Presentation of Glosses | 第58-62页 |
| ·Suggestions of the Presentation of Glosses in Definitions | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Glosses in the Definitions in ECBDs | 第64-73页 |
| ·Introduction | 第64页 |
| ·Types and Locations of Glosses in ECBDs | 第64-65页 |
| ·Glosses in Use in ECBDs | 第65-73页 |
| ·Transference of Glosses in ELDs to ECBDs | 第65-69页 |
| ·Useful for Searching for Accurate Equivalents | 第65-66页 |
| ·Helpful for Improving Users' Correct Production | 第66-69页 |
| ·Peculiar Functions of Glosses in ECBDs | 第69-73页 |
| ·To Fill up the Cultural Gap between the Two Languages | 第70页 |
| ·To Fill up the Pragmatic Gap between the Two Languages | 第70-71页 |
| ·To Fill up the Semantic Gap between the Two Languages | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第73-76页 |
| ·Major Findings in the Present Study | 第73页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第73-74页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第74-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-80页 |
| Appendix | 第80-81页 |
