单词 | christmas book |
释义 | > as lemmasChristmas book Christmas book n. †(a) a book in which a record is kept of Christmas presents received (obsolete rare); (b) a book published at Christmas and designed to be suitable for the season. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift at Christmas or New Year > at Christmas > book in which recorded Christmas book1606 society > communication > book > kind of book > book for specific occasion > [noun] > specific Christmas book1769 lounging-booka1797 lounge-book1800 railway novel1849 birthday book?1859 livre de chevet1883 bed-book1906 pillow book1906 bedside book1920 bedside literature1920 1606 Returne from Pernassus v. ii. sig. H2 Looke in my Christmas booke who brought me a present. 1769 A. B. Poyntz Je Ne Sçai Quoi v. 20 I may truly say they are unintelligible, or, like the children's Christmas book of pastime, the Impenetrable Secret. 1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. 77 As I was looking over Christmas Books of last year. 2018 Sunday Times (Nexis) 25 Nov. (Sunday Review) 36 Festive-season glitter and grimness mingle in this handsome Christmas book. < as lemmas |
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