单词 | great exhibition |
释义 | > as lemmasGreat Exhibition Great Exhibition n. an international exhibition of the products of industry, held in the Crystal Palace in London in 1851; cf. crystal palace n. (b) at crystal n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1850 G. A. Sala (title) The Great Exhibition ‘wot is to be’ or probable results of the industry of all nations in the year '51. 1911 Palliser's Hist. Lace (new ed.) xxxii. 415 Ever since the Great Exhibition of 1851 drew attention to the industry, different persons have been trying to encourage both better design and better manufacture. 2011 National Trust Mag. Summer 58/2 They were trying to find a route to combine traditional craft techniques and larger production techniques, democratising beautifully crafted pieces and rejecting the horror of the throwaway manufacture that Morris objected to at the Great Exhibition. < as lemmas |
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