| 单词 | prize book |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprize book prize book n. a book won or offered as a prize. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > books intended as gifts or prizes presentation copy1753 prize book1798 souvenir1798 reward book1801 leaving book1829 gift-book1834 1798 Lackington, Allen & Co.'s Catal. 539 It is particularly Recommended to Masters of Schools, Teachers, &c. as a most excellent Prize Book for Scholars who are in the Higher Classes. 1839 C. Sinclair Holiday House xii. 274 Being the best scholar there [i.e. at school], he might..receive a whole library of prize-books. 1998 A. Fadiman Ex Libris (2000) 42 My scores wouldn't have earned me a prize book from the Sisters of the Holy Cross, but I confess to a small, retrograde flush of pride at not having utterly flunked. < as lemmas |
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