| 单词 | open shelf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasopen shelf open shelf n. a shelf that is not in a closed or private room; spec. a bookshelf in a library which is directly accessible to readers; frequently attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > receptacle for books > [noun] > book-shelf shelf1732 open shelf1821 book trough1893 society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > stall, stack, or shelf in library classis1631 interclassis1678 class1686 stall1709 open shelf1821 stack1879 1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 12 Dec. (1971) 290 They live in the library—open shelves—mixture of half bound and bound books. 1897 Libr. Jrnl. Jan. 44/1 The adoption of the open-shelf system. 1910 A. E. Bostwick Amer. Public Libr. 38 Practically all small and moderate sized American libraries are now ‘open-shelf’, which means that the user is allowed to go personally to the shelves and select his book. 1988 Finding out about Packaging (1990) ii. 13/2 They are all on open shelves so that the customer chooses, selecting what he or she wants. < as lemmas |
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