| 单词 | in proof |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin proof in proof: as proof, by way of demonstration. burden of proof: see burden n. 2b.extracted from proofn.in proof b. Printing. A trial or preliminary impression of a printed text, taken to be checked for errors and marked for correction before subsequent revision or final printing. in proof: as a proof; at the stage in the publication process of printing, reading, or correcting proofs. Cf. earlier probe n. 7.Applied esp. to the first or early such impression of a document (cf. galley-proof n. at galley n. Compounds 2, page proof n. at page n.2 Compounds 2); a second or later one, incorporating some revision, is frequently called a revise: see revise n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > [noun] > proof probe1563 proof1602 proof-sheet1688 proof slip1829 pull1845 flat pull1888 flat impression1890 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 345 I was not present..: nor had I the sight of one proofe vntill the whole booke was out in print. 1612 T. James Treat. Corruption Script. (new ed.) iii. 24 There was no sheete printed off, before either the proofe, or the reuize (as they call it) was brought vnto him. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion x. 24 We did all go to the Printers house, where we did find him correcting Proofs. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. 417 He had hardly..composed any other Copy but first proofs, revises, &c., clandestinely obtained from England. 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 271 We deliver them to the Pressmen to pull a Proof of them. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xvi. 197 Crumpled fragments, both in proof and manuscript. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) Pref. 9 I have carefully revised the proofs of every chapter. 1901 Dict. National Biogr. at Brown, Ford Madox Two articles..were seen in proof and approved by Madox Brown. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxxiii. 436 His proofs were corrected; and the volume was to come out among the publications of the early spring. 1960 S. Unwin Truth about Publisher i. x. 144 The page proofs were complete and we were ready to go to press. 1975 D. Davin Closing Times i. 3 A few stories of mine had been pubished, my first novel was in proof and I was writing another. 2001 Guardian 21 July (Saturday section) 7/6 If an editor, looking at a plan or proof of a page says, ‘a bit texty’ it is criticism not praise. < as lemmas |
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