| 单词 | from cover to cover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrom cover to cover c. Of a book: (a) The binding, wrapper, or case, as a whole; (b) each of the boards or sides, as in from cover to cover; (c) the quantity of cloth required for a case. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > cover forel1393 surpelc1440 covering1459 coverturea1475 heeling1498 lid1585 cover1599 binding1648 book cover1649 case1750 album cover1839 bookcase1885 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iii. 90 This precious booke of loue..onely lacks a Couer . View more context for this quotation 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. vii. sig. C2v A Manu-script he pores on euerlastingly, especially if the couer be all moth-eaten. 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 9 Bound up in Past-Board Covers. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 422 These three materials are then passed on to the case-makers: one of whom takes possession of the pile of cloth covers. 1891 Law Times 92 99/1 The books are beautiful specimens of scrivenery, and from cover to cover may be searched without finding a blot. < as lemmas |
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