| 释义 |
‖ dos-à-dos, advb. phr. and n.|dozado|
[Fr.]
A. adv. phr. Back to back.
B. n. A seat, carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back.
C. In Book-binding, attrib. phr. (see quot. 1952). Cf. do-se-do.
1837J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe I. 41 Some one kindly told him that they no longer danced dos-à-dos. 1859Habits of Good Society xvi. 349 A liberal supply of ottomans, dos-à-dos, and sofas. 1882H. De Windt Equator 119 The street cab of Batavia is a ‘dos-à-dos’ literally so called, as the passenger sits with his back to the driver's, thus forming a mutual support. 1952J. Carter ABC for Bk. Collectors 66 Dos-à-dos binding, a style of binding, mostly used for devotional works, in which two volumes are bound back-to-back with a common lower board. 1970Sotheby's Catal. Books 9 Nov. 28 Two modern calf gilt fitted boxes of dos-à-dos form. |