单词 | to mark one's place |
释义 | > as lemmasto mark one's place f. transitive. to mark one's place: to leave an indicator of the point up to which one has read in a book, as with a bookmark, folded page, etc. ΚΠ a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xviii. 323 The girl closed the book, putting a chromo card in it to mark her place, and stirred about to serve the customer. 1953 A. Bester Demolished Man i. 18 Marking his place in the code book, [etc.]. 1969 J. Ashbery & J. Schuyler Nest of Ninnies v. 60 Fabia carefully marked her place with a subscription blank from the Classics Club. 1990 W. Boyd Brazzaville Beach 37 I now knew somebody had been through this drawer. I kept the condoms hidden in the middle of that book, tucked in close to the spine. They weren't there to mark my place. < as lemmas |
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