| 释义 |
ˈdebt-book
An account-book in which debts are recorded. Often fig.
a1600Hooker Serm. Wks. 1845 II. 609 We dare not call God to a reckoning, as if we had him in our debt-books. 1617Hieron Wks. II. 90 Forgiuenesse of sins is (as it were) the wiping out of a score, or the crossing of a debt-booke. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesman xxxii. (1841) II. 34 The proper method for a debt-book for a small tradesman. |