| 单词 | half-title |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-title half-title n. the title of a book (or occasionally of a section of a book), printed on the right-hand page before the title page; a page on which a half-title is printed; frequently as a modifier in half-title page. ΘΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > title > short-title or half-title bastard title1756 short-title1869 text-title1881 subtitle1883 1728 Weekly Jrnl. 2 Nov. Cover of the Book... Half Title Page... Dedication. 1752 in B. Thornton Have at You All 12 Mar. 198 For a work of a shorter size the Half-Title, as it is called, comes in very opportunely to take up a leaf: and I have seen many a sixpenny pamphlet swelled out to the price of a shilling by its assistance. 1843 J. Holland Psalmists Brit. I. 171 The two other quinquagenes or sets of fifty psalms are indicated by half-titles. 1879 F. J. Furnivall New Shakspere Soc. Rep. 8 The notes on the back of the half-title of the Part. 2002 N. Basbanes Among Gently Mad ii. 16 I can swear on a stack of sacred texts that the signature of Arthur Miller on my copy of Death of a Salesman and the autograph of John Updike on my Rabbit Run are the real deal because they wrote their names on the half-title pages as I looked on. half-title half-title n. the short title of a book often placed in front of the full title. ΚΠ 1879 F. J. Furnivall New Shakspere Soc. Rep. 8 The notes on the back of the half-title of the Part. < as lemmas |
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