\rto carry and\rstudents can take them anywhere they go. Whenever\rthey come across a new word in reading, they can\rfind out its meaning wi the help of an electronic\rdictionary. An electronic dictionary usually\rcontains\rthe information of several paper\rdictionaries. When students have one such\rdictionary, they actually\rhave more than one dictionary in hand. Meanwhile,\relectronic dictionaries are time-saving. They\rsave.\rstudents from turning pages over to find the\rword. Instead, they only need to key in the word\rand the\rmeaning will appear on the screen. Considering\rall the above factors, no wonder more and more\rstudents\rare using electronic dictionaries nowadays