| 释义 |
▪ I. † ˈpost-book1 Obs.
[f. post v.1 8 + book n.]
A book in which accounts are posted; a ledger.
1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Book, Ledger, or Leger-Book, sometimes also called the great book, and the post-book. a1734North Lives (1826) III. 165 Proposed a sort of post-book to be kept, in which the merchants should have their accounts.
▪ II. ˈpost-book2 rare.
[f. post n.2 + book n.]
A book containing the regulations of a post-service.
1763Smollett Trav. (1766) I. viii. 135, I pulled out the post-book, and began to read..the article which orders, that the traveller who comes first shall be first served. |