| 单词 | for the book |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor the book(s) r. for the book(s): that deserves recording for posterity; record-breaking, notable, or remarkable; notorious.Cf. a turn-up for the book(s) at turn-up n. 3b, one for the books at one adj., n., and pron. Phrases 4d. ΚΠ 1924 N.Y. Times 27 Apr. s2/7 (heading) Stevick, club champion.., yesterday accomplished a golf feat for the book. 1937 Washington Post 22 Aug. x. 5/2 Little did Miss Mable B. Kellogg, a local angler, realize the part she was to play in making an oddity for the books. 1942 Chicago Defender 28 Feb. 5/4 It started out a surprise pre-natal but the party..turned out to be a celebration for the books. 1944 S. R. Harris Diary 20 Nov. in B-29s over Japan, 1944–5 (2011) 54 My quarters are something for the books. A 20 x 20 wall tent, screened and floored with porches on two sides and located..at the edge of coral cliffs. 1984 M. Piñero Eulogy for Small Time Thief ii. i, in Sun always shines for Cool 114 Yeah, they wanna be farmers, ain't that something for the book? 1998 N.Y. Times 12 Sept. a10 (heading) For the Congress, the Capital and the Whole Nation, a Day for the Books... The day..was extraordinary,..as the House finished it's furiously partisan face-off on the question of impeaching the President. < as lemmas |
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