单词 | handbook |
释义 | handbookn. 1. a. Originally: a book small enough to be easily portable and intended to be kept close to hand, typically one containing a collection of passages important for reference or a compendium of information on a particular subject, esp. a book of religious instruction (now historical). Later also more generally: any book (usually but not necessarily concise) giving information such as facts on a particular subject, guidance in some art or occupation, instructions for operating a machine, or information for tourists. Cf. enchiridion n.Frequently in book titles; earliest, according to William of Malmesbury, in the title of the manuscript anthology compiled by King Alfred in the late 9th cent. (see quot. a1200, and compare quots. c1367, 1570, a1695), although the English title is not attested in contemporary sources (in Asser's Latin Life of Alfred it is referred to thus: quem enchiridion suum, id est manualem librum, nominari uoluit; Byrhtferð (see quot. OE), who knew Asser's Life, is probably echoing this passage in the title of his own work). ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun] handbookOE doctrinalc1450 directory1543 school1545 instruction book1546 companion1621 body1647 tutor1665 self-instructor1700 tutorer1702 preceptorc1710 textbook1779 self-instructer1800 bench book1887 user guide1936 user manual1936 text1955 society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun] > small or concise handbookOE manualc1475 porteous1508 enchiridion1541 theatre?1566 vade-mecum1629 handybook?1786 CliffsNotes1959 OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 120 We gesetton on þissum enchiridion (þæt ys manualis on Lyden and handboc on Englisc) manega þing ymbe gerimcræft forþon we woldon þæt iunge men mihton þe leohtlicor þæt Lyden ongitan. a1200 ( William of Malmesbury Gesta Regum Anglorum (B-version) (1998) I. ii. §123. 192 Handboc [c1125 A-version liber proprius quem patria lingua Enchiridion, id est, manualem librum appellauit]. c1367 in F. C. Haydon Eulogium Historiarum sive Temporis (1863) III. 9 (MED) Aluredus..semper enim habebat librum in sinu quod ipse vocabat manuale, quod Anglice vocabat handbok. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 24 Enchiridion: an hand bok. ?1538 Encheridyon Spyrytuall Lyfe sig. C.iv, in tr. St. Martinus Rule of Honest Lyfe It is called encheridion, in englysh, an hand booke, not only bycause it is small and portatyue, but bycause it is (for the fruyte and vtylite therin) worthy and necessary to be had in in euery mans hande. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 190/2 A booke of his own making & in hys own tonnge, which in the englishe speech he [sc. King Alfred] caled a handbooke, in Greeke called it Enchiridion, in latin a manuell. a1695 A. Wood Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxf. (1792) I. 41 Enchiridion..called by him [sc. King Alfred] and others ‘the Handbook’. 1810 W. Duane Mil. Dict. Pref. p. viii The government could at leisure prepare..handbooks upon the same simple principles of drills for artillery, riflemen, and cavalry. 1814 (title) A handbook for modelling wax flowers. 1836 (title) A hand-book for travellers on the Continent. 1854 P. Schaff Life & Labours St. Augustine xii. 85 Among his dogmatic works, we mention..the hand-book (Enchiridion) on Faith, Hope, and Love. 1863 Reader 21 Feb. 190 If by handbook he intends anything of a guide, he has failed in his object. 1920 Park Internat. Nov. 275/2 Clearly and simply written and clarified by maps, it will prove a useful handbook for the tourist. 1964 Archivum Linguisticum 16 15 Several handbooks discuss our problem either too cursorily or too unoriginally to invite analysis. 1968 M. I. Bogan in tr. St. Augustine Retractions xxviii. 122 This so-called ‘Foundation Letter’..was a sort of handbook or enchiridion designed for persons, either beginners or auditors, who were being instructed in Manichaeism. 1981 New Scientist 24 Dec. 920/4 A lot of thought has gone into this machine [sc. the Commodore VIC-20], which is accompanied by a handbook from which a nine year old can..learn to operate it. 2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 1235/3 Employee handbooks typically include information on terms and conditions of employment, organisational policies and procedures, and fringe benefits. b. Christian Church. = manual n. 1a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > service book (general) > [noun] > concerning sacraments handbookOE manual1432 sacramentary1624 OE Possessions, Rents, & Grants, Bury St. Edmunds in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 194 Siuerð hæfð an mæssereaf & an mæsseboc & Leofstan an handboc. OE Ælfric Let. to Wulfsige (Corpus Cambr.) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 13 He sceal habban eac þa wæpna..þæt synd þa halgan bec: saltere and pistolboc,..sangboc and handboc. 1774 R. Henry Hist. Great Brit. II. ii. ii. 205 By the twenty-first canon, priests are commanded to provide themselves with all the necessary books for performance of divine service, viz. the psalter, the epistle-book..the hand-book [etc.]. 1998 K. Lowe Marriage in Italy 61 This..is a miniature, from a Benedictine ritual handbook (rituale)... The handbook has three sections. 2. U.S. A bookmaking operation or concern. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-maker's equipment > betting book or slip book1714 betting-book1813 betting-slip1927 handbook1946 horse-book1962 1892 Chicago Tribune 26 July 7/1 100 men in and out of uniform and a covey of patrol-wagons stopped all but handbook betting at Garfield Park yesterday. 1938 N.Y. Times 30 Aug. 2 State's Attorney Courtney's men used axes on three more handbook establishments today. 1946 Chicago Daily News 26 June 14/2 The mob was..operating handbooks with full knowledge of your police department. 1970 Life 29 May 30/1 The authorities soon suspected the bakery was a Vitale handbook. 2006 P. R. Kavieff in S. M. Burnstein Motor City Mafia 8 They controlled the local wire service that provided horse racing information to more than 700 handbooks that flourished in Detroit. Derivatives ˈhandbooking n. U.S. (now rare) bookmaking. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-making bookmaking1824 handbooking1898 street-bookmaking1907 1898 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 3 July 3/2 It was decided by the Washington Park Club that the English system of hand booking, as inaugurated today, would be strictly adhered to. 1904 N.Y. Times 13 June 1 The handbooking possibilities on the Derby. 1920 Transmission Bets on Races (House of Representatives) 18 Anything..which will help the departments of police, in all the States put a stop to this class of work, especially of hand booking business and race horse forms. 1977 Winnipeg Free Press 7 Oct. 7/1 Relevant information is fed into the machine and exact odds are figured out mechanically. Straight handbooking is illegal here. Compounds handbook man n. U.S. (now historical) a bookmaker. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-making > book-maker commission agent1798 flash-man1812 bookmaker1833 commissioner1851 ring man1857 metallician1861 street bookmaker1867 bookie1877 book1881 knight of the pencil1885 handbook man1894 street bookie1911 turf accountant1915 listman1922 1894 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 9 Sept. 1/5 In the down-town district..are to be found men who will register or bet to any amount. These ‘handbook’ men are all given their odds..by a central syndicate. 1921 Cosmopolitan Apr. 76/2 Einstein shaved the odds, of course, like any handbook-man'll do, but he gave me fifty to one. 1991 R. C. Lindberg To serve & Collect vi. 100 After he covered the entire North Side with an army of handbook men, Tennes bought the Payne service for the purpose of supplying his poolrooms with information about odds, scratches, and race results. 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