Python HTML parser for Cambridge dictionary.
Supports mono- and bilingual dictionaries
pip install requests
pip install beautifulsoup4Returns a list of found definitions where each entry corresponds to a different dictionary on a page. For example, if one needs to extract data for word bass from monolingual english dictionary, on page there will be 2 sections:
- Without annotation
- Intermediate English (former American dictionary)
Then each entry on the list will correspiond to each of these dictionaries.
Note: length of the result is not predetermined as there may not be Intermidiate English dictionary section (or its analogs for bilingual dictionaries).
[
{<word>: [
{"POS": [block pos 1, ..., block pos M],
"data": {
'definitions': [1-st definition, ..., N-th definition],
# one string per definition
'definitions_translations': [1-st definition translation, ..., N-th definition translation]
'image_links': [image link for the 1-st definition, ..., image link for the N-th definition],
'levels': [level for the 1-st definition, ..., level for the N-th definition],
# multiple strings per definition
'UK_IPA': [[1-st UK IPA for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[1-st UK IPA for the N-th definition, ...]],
'US_IPA': [[1-st US IPA for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[1-st US IPA for the N-th definition, ...]],
'UK_audio_links': [[1-st uk audio link for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[1-st uk audio link for the N-th definition, ...]],
'US_audio_links': [[1-st us audio link for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[1-st us audio link for the N-th definition, ...]],
'examples': [[1-st sentence example for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[1-st sentence example for the N-th definition, ...]],
'examples_translations': [[translation for the 1-st sentence example for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[translation for the 1-st sentence example for the N-th definition, ...]],
'alt_terms': [[1-st alternative term for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[1-st alternative term for the N-th definition, ...]],
'irregular_forms': [[1-st irregular form for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[1-st irregular form for the N-th definition, ...]],
'domains': [[1-st domain for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[1-st domain for the N-th definition, ...]],,
'labels_and_codes': [[1-st labels & codes for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[1-st labels & codes for the N-th definition, ...]],
'regions': [[1-st region for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[1-st region for the N-th definition, ...]],
'usages': [[1-st usage for the 1-st definition, ...],
...
[1-st usage for the N-th definition, ...]]}}
...
]
...
},
...
]define(word="more",
bilingual_vairation="")
[{'more': [{'POS': ['determiner', 'pronoun', 'adverb'],
'data': {'UK_IPA': [['/mɔːr/'], ['/mɔːr/'], ['/mɔːr/']],
'UK_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/uk_pron/u/ukm/ukmor/ukmorda003.mp3'],
['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/uk_pron/u/ukm/ukmor/ukmorda003.mp3'],
['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/uk_pron/u/ukm/ukmor/ukmorda003.mp3']],
'US_IPA': [['/mɔːr/'], ['/mɔːr/'], ['/mɔːr/']],
'US_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/us_pron/m/mor/more_/more.mp3'],
['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/us_pron/m/mor/more_/more.mp3'],
['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/us_pron/m/mor/more_/more.mp3']],
'alt_terms': [[], [], []],
'definitions': ['a larger or extra number or amount',
'used to form the comparative of many '
'adjectives and adverbs',
'used to emphasize the large size of '
'something'],
'definitions_translations': ['', '', ''],
'domains': [[], [], []],
'examples': [['Would you like some more food?',
"The doctors can't cope with any more "
'patients.',
'Add some more cream to the sauce.',
'You need to listen more and talk less!',
'More people live in the capital than in '
'the whole of the rest of the country.',
'We spent more time on the last job than '
'usual.',
'The noise was more than I could bear.',
"It was a hundred times more fun than I'd "
'expected.',
"She's more of a poet than a novelist.",
'Bring as much food as you can - the more, '
'the better.'],
["She couldn't be more beautiful.",
"Let's find a more sensible way of doing "
'it.',
"You couldn't be more wrong.",
'He finds physics far/much more difficult '
'than other science subjects.',
'Play that last section more passionately.'],
['More than 20,000 demonstrators crowded '
'into the square.']],
'examples_translations': [['',
'',
'',
'',
'',
'',
'',
'',
'',
''],
['', '', '', '', ''],
['']],
'image_links': ['', '', ''],
'irregular_forms': [[], [], []],
'labels_and_codes': [[], [], []],
'levels': ['A1', 'A1', ''],
'regions': [[], [], []],
'usages': [[], [], []]}}],
'more and more': [{'POS': ['determiner', 'pronoun', 'adverb'],
'data': {'UK_IPA': [['/mɔːr/']],
'UK_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/uk_pron/u/ukm/ukmor/ukmorda003.mp3']],
'US_IPA': [['/mɔːr/']],
'US_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/us_pron/m/mor/more_/more.mp3']],
'alt_terms': [[]],
'definitions': ['increasingly'],
'definitions_translations': [''],
'domains': [[]],
'examples': [['It gets more and more difficult '
'to understand what is going on.']],
'examples_translations': [['']],
'image_links': [''],
'irregular_forms': [[]],
'labels_and_codes': [[]],
'levels': ['B2'],
'regions': [[]],
'usages': [[]]}}],
'the more...the more/less': [{'POS': ['determiner', 'pronoun', 'adverb'],
'data': {'UK_IPA': [['/mɔːr/']],
'UK_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/uk_pron/u/ukm/ukmor/ukmorda003.mp3']],
'US_IPA': [['/mɔːr/']],
'US_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/us_pron/m/mor/more_/more.mp3']],
'alt_terms': [[]],
'definitions': ['used to say that '
'when an action or '
'event continues, '
'there will be a '
'particular result'],
'definitions_translations': [''],
'domains': [[]],
'examples': [['The more he drank, the '
'more violent he '
'became.']],
'examples_translations': [['']],
'image_links': [''],
'irregular_forms': [[]],
'labels_and_codes': [[]],
'levels': [''],
'regions': [[]],
'usages': [[]]}}]},
{'more': [{'POS': ['adjective', 'adverb'],
'data': {'UK_IPA': [[], []],
'UK_audio_links': [[], []],
'US_IPA': [['/mɔr, moʊr/'], ['/mɔr, moʊr/']],
'US_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/us_pron/m/mor/more_/more.mp3'],
['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english/us_pron/m/mor/more_/more.mp3']],
'alt_terms': [[], []],
'definitions': ['a larger or extra number or amount (of); '
'comparative ofmany or much',
'More is used to form the comparative of '
'many adjectives and adverbs'],
'definitions_translations': ['', ''],
'domains': [[], []],
'examples': [['You need to listen more and talk less.',
'There were no more seats on the bus, so we '
'had to stand.',
'DisneyWorld was more fun than I expected.',
'Would you play the song once more (= '
'again)?'],
['You couldn’t be more wrong.',
'He finds physics much more difficult than '
'biology.']],
'examples_translations': [['', '', '', ''], ['', '']],
'image_links': ['', ''],
'irregular_forms': [[], []],
'labels_and_codes': [[], []],
'levels': ['', ''],
'regions': [[], []],
'usages': [[], []]}}]}]
define(word="bass",
bilingual_vairation="chinese-traditional")
[{'bass': [{'POS': ['noun'],
'data': {'UK_IPA': [['/beɪs/'], ['/beɪs/'], ['/beɪs/'], ['/beɪs/']],
'UK_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/uk_pron/u/ukb/ukbar/ukbaroq020.mp3'],
['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/uk_pron/u/ukb/ukbar/ukbaroq020.mp3'],
['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/uk_pron/u/ukb/ukbar/ukbaroq020.mp3'],
['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/uk_pron/u/ukb/ukbar/ukbaroq020.mp3']],
'US_IPA': [['/beɪs/'], ['/beɪs/'], ['/beɪs/'], ['/beɪs/']],
'US_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/us_pron/b/bas/base_/base.mp3'],
['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/us_pron/b/bas/base_/base.mp3'],
['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/us_pron/b/bas/base_/base.mp3'],
['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/us_pron/b/bas/base_/base.mp3']],
'alt_terms': [[], [], [], ['(also bass guitar)']],
'definitions': ['the lowest range of musical notes, or a '
'man with a singing voice in this range',
'the set of low musical sounds on a '
'radio, music system, etc.',
'a double bass',
'an electric guitar with four strings '
'that plays very low notes'],
'definitions_translations': ['低音部；男低音',
'低音；低音鍵',
'低音提琴（同 double bass）',
'低音吉他'],
'domains': [[], [], [], []],
'examples': [['He sings bass.', "Italy's leading bass"],
['Turn down the bass.'],
[],
['He plays bass guitar.']],
'examples_translations': [['他唱男低音。', '義大利頭號男低音'],
['把低音調低。'],
[],
['他彈低音吉他。']],
'image_links': ['', '', '', ''],
'irregular_forms': [['plural basses'],
['plural basses'],
['plural basses'],
['plural basses']],
'labels_and_codes': [['[ C or U ]'],
['[ U ]'],
['[ C ]'],
['[ C ]']],
'levels': ['', '', '', ''],
'regions': [[], [], [], []],
'usages': [[], [], [], []]}},
{'POS': ['adjective'],
'data': {'UK_IPA': [['/beɪs/']],
'UK_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/uk_pron/u/ukb/ukbar/ukbaroq020.mp3']],
'US_IPA': [['/beɪs/']],
'US_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/us_pron/b/bas/base_/base.mp3']],
'alt_terms': [[]],
'definitions': ['playing, singing, or producing the '
'lowest range of musical notes'],
'definitions_translations': ['低音的'],
'domains': [[]],
'examples': [['a bass drum/guitar/trombone']],
'examples_translations': [['低音鼓／吉他／長號']],
'image_links': [''],
'irregular_forms': [[]],
'labels_and_codes': [['[ before noun ]']],
'levels': [''],
'regions': [[]],
'usages': [[]]}},
{'POS': ['noun'],
'data': {'UK_IPA': [['/bæs/']],
'UK_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/uk_pron/u/ukb/ukbas/ukbashf020.mp3']],
'US_IPA': [['/bæs/']],
'US_audio_links': [['https://dictionary.cambridge.org//media/english-chinese-traditional/us_pron/b/bas/bass_/bass_02_00.mp3']],
'alt_terms': [[]],
'definitions': ['a type of fish found in rivers or the '
'sea'],
'definitions_translations': ['鱸魚'],
'domains': [[]],
'examples': [[]],
'examples_translations': [[]],
'image_links': [''],
'irregular_forms': [['plural bass']],
'labels_and_codes': [['[ C ]']],
'levels': [''],
'regions': [[]],
'usages': [[]]}}]}]