| 单词 | appointment book |
| 释义 | > as lemmasappointment book 4. spec. An agreement or arrangement for a meeting; engagement, assignation. (Cf. quot. 1725 at sense 2.) Also attributive, as appointment book. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > engagement tailyec1425 trystc1480 appointment1533 restipulation1595 pre-engagement1647 ingudgment1650 sponsion1677 engagement1806 commitment1837 date1885 booking1975 1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Iohan Iohan sig. B.iv I and .ij. or thre Of my frendes made an appoyntement..That in a place we wolde sup together. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 42 With mee shee kept not apoinctment. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. i. 82 For missing your meetings and appointments. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xvii. 281 A promise or appointment for a farther day. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. viii. 65 Would you take a seat..while I look over our Appointment Book? 1879 Reade Drink I shall break an appointment. 1950 T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party ii. 91 The Nurse-Secretary enters, with Appointment Book. < as lemmas |
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