| 单词 | letter-perfect |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter-perfect letter-perfect adj. (a) knowing perfectly every word of one's part in a play, a text for recitation, etc.; (b) literally correct, verbally exact; flawless. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [adjective] > knowing part perfect1581 letter-perfect1823 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] > following original exactly line by line1487 perfect1523 verbal1598 sound1599 verya1616 literala1627 verbatim1651 undepraved1686 literatim1774 letter-perfect1867 line for line1876 1823 Monthly Mag. Jan. 512/2 She has only to read a character a few times, to be what is theatrically termed, letter perfect. 1867 Harper's Mag. Aug. 405/1 Where [legal] papers are to be served, and copies must be letter-perfect. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xvii. 222 Tom's conduct had remained so letter-perfect during two whole months. 1929 F. M. Ford Let. 10 July (1965) 186 If you will send me the better copy to look through I will certainly make it as letter-perfect as I can. 1969 Time 31 Jan. 1 The performances by such Bergman regulars as Max von Sydow and Gunnar Björnstrand are letter-perfect. 1993 Harper's Apr. 6/3 The speeches were letter-perfect. < as lemmas |
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