| 单词 | children's laureate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChildren's Laureate Children's Laureate n. (also with lower-case initials) (a title awarded to) an eminent writer or illustrator of books for children.In the United Kingdom a Children's Laureate has been appointed every two years since 1999. ΚΠ 1870 Church Chron. 1 Mar. 132/2 Mr. Barr, the children's laureate, as he may fairly be termed, has given us in this volume some happy thoughts, set in pleasant rhymes. 1979 Victorian Periodicals Rev. 12 143 A witty account of the life, work, and times of the ‘children's laureate’ [sc. Eugene Field]. 1999 Times 11 May 38 The Princess Royal appointed the illustrator and writer Quentin Blake as our first Children's Laureate. 2013 Derry Jrnl. (Nexis) 28 Mar. Australia's two inaugural Children's Laureates stop off at Verbal Arts Centre..during their first visit to Ireland. < as lemmas |
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