单词 | back matter |
释义 | > as lemmasback matter back matter n. Brit. /ˈbak ˌmatə/ , U.S. /ˈbæk ˌmædər/ †(a) Printing a newspaper page set in type but held in reserve (obsolete); (b) the supplementary material which follows the main text in a book, such as the index, bibliography, appendices, etc.; cf. front matter n. at front n. Compounds 2.ΚΠ 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 534 The compositors in the news department have the privilege of composing a considerable quantity of extra or ‘back’ matter to enable the printer to have at all times a resource in case of accident. 1946 Catal. Copyright Entries: Pt. 1, Group 2 (Libr. of Congr. Copyright Office) 392/1 New matter: front and back matter. 1954 Amer. Speech 29 137 Such abbreviations were transferred in the second edition..from the main vocabulary to an Abbreviations section in the back matter. 2004 Isis 95 121/2 The only back matter is a series of short bibliographical essays on each chapter. < as lemmas |
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