单词 | poetry reading |
释义 | > as lemmaspoetry reading poetry reading adj. and n. (a) adj. that reads poetry; (b) n. the reading of poetry, esp. to an audience; a poetry recital. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > recitation of poetry > [noun] poeming1708 poetry reading1881 poetry recital1915 1881 Times 15 Feb. 12/1 We have confidence in recommending this collection to the attention of our poetry reading friends. 1917 A. Huxley Let. 11 Dec. (1969) 140 After that to Eliot, whom I found as haggard..as usual; we held a council of war about a poetry reading, in which both of us are supposed to be performing. 2003 ‘S. Pax’ Weblog Diary 13 Mar. in Baghdad Blog 116 From the scary—groups of people hitting themselves with whips on their backs for not being there to help al-Hussein in his tragedy—to the poetry-reading groups of students, to the solemn lawyers. 2004 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Sept. 16 Paul McCartney once dropped in unannounced to give a poetry reading. < as lemmas |
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