| 单词 | off the press |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff the press g. off the press: finished being printed; issued, published. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > [adverb] > finally printed off the press1660 out of press1674 1660 H. Hickman Laudensium Apostasia sig. a2 It [sc. the review] was almost off the Press before Mr. P...came to Oxon. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. p. iv The first intelligence..of the sheets being in hand, was the announcement that they were also ‘off the press’. 1879 Cambr. (Ohio) Jeffersonian 13 Feb. 2/2 Its publication has been unreasonably delayed, the second volume having been off the press for five years. 1926 E. A. Powell In Bombay xx. 377 Before this book is off the press most of the main lines probably will have been broadened to standard gage. 1961 Post Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 23 July (Pictorial Mag.) 3/2 (advt.) A free copy of this new 36-page book, just off the press. 2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 17 Sept. 2 The Queen Mother has been given the first copy off the press of every book I've written. < as lemmas |
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