单词 | now-it-can-be-told |
释义 | now-it-can-be-toldadj. Designating a book, story, etc., which reveals previously classified or otherwise unknown facts. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adjective] revealing1563 telltale1579 discoveringa1631 proditoriousa1639 revelative1652 unfolding1762 unconcealing1804 revelatory1821 eye-opening1825 disclosing1892 now-it-can-be-told1932 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [adjective] > types of now-it-can-be-told1932 as-told-to1966 1932 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 7 Feb. 15/3 Colonel Reeve's book belongs in the now-it-can-be-told class—and he has a lot to tell. 1948 Q. Wright in J. Towster Polit. Power in U.S.S.R. p. ix Correspondents..have produced books of the ‘now-it-can-be-told’ variety. 1994 Chicago Tribune 3 July i. 11/1 One Sunday, Johannesburg newspapers trumpet a ‘now-it-can-be-told’ memoir. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1932 |
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