| 释义 |
readathon, n. orig. U.S.|ˈriːdəθɒn|
[f. read v. + -athon.]
A protracted session of reading, esp. aloud and by a group, usu. for charitable purposes.
1936Detroit Free Press 5 Jan. 1/6 The Tabernacle Baptist Church Bible ‘Readathon’ came to a breathless close tonight with M. E. Powell..guessing within an hour and 39 minutes of when the reading would end. 1968Telegraph (Brisbane) 26 Aug. 5/1 The chairman of the British and Foreign Bible Society..will start a 70-hour Bible readathon at 8 o'clock tonight. 1979Forbes (N.Y.) 5 Feb. 45 There's a veritable thon-ic boom in fundraising these days—readathons,..dancethons, and so on. 1981Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News 26 Mar. 11 A month-long read-a-thon..in which each child obtained sponsors and pledges for each book he or she read. 1984Sunday Tel. 27 May 10/4 The first ‘readathon’ is being launched by Mencap and Books for Students. 1989Bookseller 23 June 2135/2 (Advt.), Readathon 1989—the national sponsored reading event in aid of The Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children. |