| 单词 | book-bearer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbook-bearer book-bearer n. a person who carries a book; (also) †a theatrical prompter (obsolete); cf. book holder n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > prompter book-bearer1530 book holder1585 prompter1585 ordinary1602 under-prompter1781 prompt1969 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 199/2 Boke bearer in a ploye, prothocolle. 1581 A. Munday Courtly Controuersie sig. Diiv If Looue haue conquered any, blame the Booke bearer, and not the Booke. 1636 W. Prynne Unbishoping of Timothy & Titus 42 Timothy..being so much at Pauls beck, as to be..his cloake carrier, and booke-bearer. 1799 State of Nation (House of Commons Sel. Comm. Finance) III. Supp. 303 An Account of the Office of Book-bearer or Bag-Bearer, in the King's Bench Treasury. 1866 G. M. Fenn Bent, not Broken II. xi. 235 Followed or accompanied by the gentlemen who are made book-bearers, [they] are passing down the avenue towards the church. 2004 G. Childs Tibetan Diary vi. 105 Men..wrap one to three volumes of the Kanjur in a piece of cloth and then strap the bundle to their backs..the book-bearers depart from Pema Chöling and descend the hill toward the village. < as lemmas |
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