| 单词 | beforeafter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbefore...after P1. before...after: contrasting one image with a later one of the same subject, usually representing a salutary or beneficial change; see also before and after adj., before–after adj. ΚΠ 1766 London Mag. Mar. 156/1 Before and after in two prints. 1768 W. Hogarth in Trusler's Hogarth Moralized Index A List of Prints published by Mr. Hogarth... Before and After. 1846 Punch 11 243/1 (captions) Before..After. 1894 F. M. Ford Queen who Flew 65 A photograph of you now would be a most valuable advertisement—before taking and after. 1896 J. M. Barrie Sentimental Tommy iv. 39 He and the happy husband were nicknamed Before and After, they were so like the pictorial advertisement of Man before and after he has tried Someone's lozenges. 1902 Little Folks II. 432/1 Those restaurants which advertise by means of looking-glasses labelled ‘before’ and ‘after’. As you go in you behold yourself very thin..as you go out..fat and well-satisfied. 1947 H. L. Bird This Fascinating Advertising Business iii. xvii. Illustr. 256–7 (caption) Before and after in package redesigning. 2011 C. Tripodi Edge of Empire vii. 179 Curtis showed him an aerial picture of houses before and after aerial bombardment. < as lemmas |
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