| 单词 | memory-man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmemory-man memory-man n. a person able to perform striking feats of memorization. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > improvement of memory, mnemonics > [noun] > expert memory-man1815 mnemonist1827 mnemonician1830 mnemonicalist1887 mnemotechnist1891 Pelmanist1916 Pelmanite1920 1815 T. Moore Epil. to Lady Dacre's Ina 35 Nothing can surpass the plan Of that Professor—(trying to recollect) psha!—that Memory-man. 1969 Observer 26 Jan. 28/7 Eventually he became a mnemonist or professional ‘memory man’. 1975 Listener 13 Mar. 326/3 Note-taking was..forbidden in the Public Galleries, so there developed a special breed of memory-men who could listen to a speech..and transcribe it virtually word for word, from memory. 1989 K. Ishiguro Remains of Day (BNC) To..put to him random questions of the order of, say, who had won the Derby in such and such a year, rather as one might to a Memory Man at the music hall. < as lemmas |
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