单词 | green book |
释义 | > as lemmasgreen book green book n. any of various official (esp. governmental) documents bound in green; cf. blue book n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [noun] > with specific type of back or cover blue book1633 green book1798 paperback1843 paper cover1843 yellowback1859 flat-back1888 greenback1893 paperbound1933 softback1951 hardback1953 hardcover1953 pocketbook1953 softcover1953 trade paperback1960 1798 W. Coxe Mem. Sir R. Walpole I. xxi. 148 Knight..escaped from England, soon after his first examination, carrying with him the register called the green book. 1892 Times 14 Apr. 7/3 The results of these studies stand embodied in a ‘Green-book’, of extraordinary interest. 1928 Observer 5 Feb. 16/2 He knows far too much to be able to accept the whole policy laid down in the Green Book, and accepted by his party. 1966 tr. M. Toscano Hist. Treaties & Internat. Politics ii. ii. 95 Neither are the Italian government's Green Books free of these weaknesses, but, like their British counterparts, they contain omissions..rather than outright alterations. < as lemmas |
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