单词 | dos-à-dos |
释义 | dos-à-dosadv.n.adj. A. adv. Back to back. ΚΠ 1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe I. 41 Some one kindly told him that they no longer danced dos-à-dos. B. n. A seat, carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back. ΚΠ 1859 Habits Good Society xvi. 349 A liberal supply of ottomans, dos-à-dos, and sofas. 1882 H. de Windt On 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. C. adj. In Book-binding: (see quot. 1952 at sense C.). Cf. do-se-do n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [adjective] full-bound1705 super-extra1774 half-bound1775 Etruscan1792 antique1794 Russia-bound1808 vellum-bound1836 vellum-covered1836 quarter-bound1842 cloth-bound1860 limp1863 cottage1874 monastic1880 parchment-bound1881 yapped1882 all along1888 Grolieresque1889 Maioli1890 perfect1890 treed calf1892 Lyonnais1893 hardback1894 dos-à-dos1952 perfect bound1960 spiral-bound1961 spiral1977 1952 J. Carter ABC for Book-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. 1970 Sotheby's Catal. Books 9 Nov. 28 Two modern calf gilt fitted boxes of dos-à-dos form. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.adj.1837 |
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