| 单词 | book-burner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbook-burner book-burner n. a person who destroys books or other publications regarded as harmful or subversive, esp. (but not necessarily) by burning them; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > vandalism or iconoclasm > vandal or iconoclast defacer1534 image-breaker1565 iconoclasta1629 Goth1663 Vandal1663 Huna1744 book-burner1821 idoloclast1843 train-wrecker1873 biblioclast1880 trasher1970 1821 S. Morgan Italy II. xix. 196 The English bishops were notorious book-burners in 1529. 1899 Book-lover (San Francisco) 1 86/2 The virtuous Romans appear to have been greater book-burners than the Greeks. 1951 I. Shaw Troubled Air xxii. 389 The censors and book-burners. 2001 Independent 18 May 16/8 It must be difficult to take this latest outburst of reactionism seriously. But the book-burners have said they will target the writers. < as lemmas |
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