| 释义 |
ˈcheck-list
orig. U.S.
[check-.]
A list of names, titles, etc., so arranged as to form a ready means of reference, comparison, or verification; spec. a list of qualified voters for use at an election.
1853(title) Check list of periodical publications received in the reading-room of the Smithsonian Institution. 1873J. Robinson (title) Check List of the Ferns of North America north of Mexico. 1885Boston (Mass) Jrnl. 9 Mar. 1/8 Croydon's check-list has 205 names. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. II. ii. xii. 443 The composition of a primary is determined by the roll or ‘check-list’, as it is called, of ward voters entitled to appear in it. 1894T. R. Sim (title) Sketch and check-list of the flora of Kaffraria. 1937British Birds XXXI. 7 The numbers and former names refer to the systematic list printed in the last part of the Practical Handbook and reprinted in the Check-List. 1958Listener 2 Oct. 514/2 This book, which is at once history, criticism, and check-list. |