| 单词 | free library |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree library free library n. a library which the public are permitted to use without payment, esp. one maintained out of public funds. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > other types public library1597 lending library1708 travelling library?1727 book society1739 book club1740 circulating library1742 free library1746 county library1748 library of reference1809 reference library1821 prison library1847 branch library1862 copyright library1898 bookmobile1924 1746 in Ld. Burghley State of Eng. in 1588 p. ii To erect charitable free Libraries at proper Distances, for such who cannot pay their Bookseller, Landlord, Taylor, or Cook. 1850 Manch. Guardian 28 Dec. A Free Library and Museum for Manchester. 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger i. xii. 96 He masterfully appropriated Maggie's ticket for the Free Library, pending the preliminaries to the possession of a ticket of his own, to procure a volume on architecture. 1978 J. F. Wall Iowa x. 195 The hunger for enlightenment, for some contact..with a more urbane world, which lay behind the free library movement. 2004 Philadelphia Inquirer 6 June h7/1 Dunham..will participate in an onstage interview at the Central Library of the Philadelphia Free Library. < as lemmas |
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