单词 | book-reading |
释义 | > as lemmasbook-reading book-reading n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [adjective] > reading specific material book-readingOE newspaper-reading1782 novel reading1782 OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) ii. xxxi. 164 Se drihtnes wer hraðe his eagan upp ahof fram þære bocrædingce [OE Hatton bocrædingce; L. lectione]. 1832 Times 6 Jan. 3/3 To be sure, the book-reading lovers of antiquity would cry ‘horrible’. 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger iii. i. 325 A new series of sixpenny reprints which had considerably excited the book-selling and book-reading worlds. 1921 E. Ferber Girls (1935) x. 199 Book-reading, bathing, reticence on Jennie's part were all shouted down as attempts at being ‘toney.’ 1991 Utilitas May 24 Freedom of religious expression and of book-reading should be protected by right in every civil society. 2006 N. Devon Jrnl. (Nexis) 9 Feb. 8 Book-reading, information-seeking villagers in North Devon have started a campaign to save their local library. < as lemmas |
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