| 释义 |
ˈguide-book
A book for the guidance of strangers or visitors in a district, town, building, etc., giving a description of the roads, places, or objects of interest to be found there. Also fig.
1814J. Mayne Jrnl. 25 Oct. (1909) x. 164 At Mr. Vasi's we purchased his guide-book, which is considered the best of its kind. 1823Byron Juan xi. xxiii, I..do not choose to encroach Upon the Guide-book's privilege. 1845M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 10 That boundless plain of Languedoc, convicted of all guide-books of being arid, brown, and wholly uninteresting. a1846B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1927) ix. 135, I mean my Life, if possible, to be a guide book to youth. 1862Burton Bk. Hunter ii. 116 In any district of country not desecrated by the tourist's guide-books. 1935T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral ii. 86 The sanctity shall not depart from it..though sightseers come with guide-books looking over it.
attrib. and Comb.1866J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe i. 8 In his guide-book route,..from town to town. 1887J. J. Hissey Holiday on Road 4 Guide-book-lauded spots. 1889Spectator 14 Dec. 849 The somewhat depressing ‘guide-book’ style. |