| 释义 |
back-shop|ˈbækˈʃɒp|
[f. back a. and n.]
A small and usually private shop behind the main one; a secret place of business.
1549in Abstracts of Protocols of Town Clerks of Glasgow 14 Oct. (1894) I. 4 A fore booth, with booth adjoining, cellars, and a small chamber, commonly called ‘ane bak chop’. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. cxxii. 751 When we keepe such Backeshops, it is a token that our heart is not rid quite and cleane. 1682N. O. Boileau's Lutrin iii. 47 Here a Bookseller in his back-shop slept. 1852Blackw. Mag. XXXII. 458 Like a show table in Rundle and Bridge's back-shop. |