| 单词 | tablet book |
| 释义 | > as lemmastablet book tablet book n. (originally) a set of writing tablets (now historical); (now U.S.) a writing pad. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > writing tablet > [noun] > set of tablet book1611 diptych1622 triptych1732 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Táuola Also a Tablet-booke, a iornall booke, a paper iournall, or register for memorie of things. 1677 E. Ravenscroft Wrangling Lovers iii. i. 37 (stage direct.) Jacinta gives a Tablet book to Gusman, he opens it and reads. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature IV. 428 The Greeks and Romans, we know, used waxed tablet books. 1848 Times 11 Dec. 7/4 The female prisoner endeavoured to secrete a tablet book which she took from a box. 1902 Times 5 Apr. 9/1 The Museum possesses a large number of tablets of great literary and educational importance, among them considerable portions of a large lexicon in 40 tablet books. 1998 Roanoke (Va.) Times (Nexis) 20 Apr. 1 John-Boy comes into the kitchen—carrying his tablet book in which he writes immortal prose. < as lemmas |
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