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单词 out of print
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out of printadv.adj.n.

Brit. /ˌaʊtəvˈprɪnt/, U.S. /ˌaʊdə(v)ˈprɪnt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: out of prep., print n.
Etymology: < out of prep. + print n. Compare earlier in print at print n. 7.
A. adv.
1. No longer in print; so as to be no longer in print.In quot. 1580: not (yet) in print; in quot. 1582: so as to be no longer visible by use.
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society > communication > printing > publishing > [adverb] > out of print
out of print1580
out of press1674
society > communication > printing > publishing > [adjective] > in print > not in circulation or print
discurrent1599
out of print1895
1580 J. Frampton in tr. N. Monardes Bk. Two Medicines agaynst Venome Ep. Ded. f. 113, in Ioyfull Newes I haue the rather for the ready benefit that might ensue, taken the dispatch of the translation in hande with purpose no longer to keepe the same out of print.
1582 T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones To Rdr. sig. B1 Their excellent and rare works (dispersed into seuerall pamphlets, and in part some thing obscured and worne cleane out of print, and so out of practise).
1632 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. Iron Age To Rdr. sig. A4 If the three former Ages (now out of Print,) bee added to these (as I am promised) to make vp an handsome Volumne; I purpose (Deo Assistente,) to illustrate the whole Worke.
1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. xxiv. 213 We inform them that the book being out of print we cannot have it without ready money.
1701 C. Trotter Love at Loss ii. 16 Then you'll be new again, like one that has been long out of Print, and I am always fond of the Second Edition, Revis'd, Corrected and Amended.
1774 C. Dibdin Waterman p. v I had heard of a piece of this sort, which has the characters of a Waterman and a Gardener in it..this I enquired after, but was informed it was out of print.
1833 J. Hall Harpe's Head (end matter) (advt.) Standard works which may be out of print; and selections from such as are accessible to but few.
1895 Prospectus of E.E.T.S. 6 Half the Publications for 1866..are out of print, but will be gradually reprinted.
1904 T. D. Sullivan Out of Print in Evergreen (1907) 30 Some heart may hold a thought of me When I am ‘out of print’.
1927 R. B. McKerrow Introd. Bibliogr. p. vi I have..been repeatedly asked to reissue the pamphlet (now out of print).
1992 Oldie 21 Feb. 32/2 I'm amazed that so touching and terrible an account..has been allowed to go out of print.
2. English regional. Of hair or a beard: messy or untidy. Obsolete. rare.
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1851 Notes & Queries 5 July 12/1 An old Somersetshire servant..used to say..‘Take care, Sir, you'll put your hair out of print’.
B. adj.
In form out-of-print. Of a book, an edition of a book, etc.: no longer available from the publisher; sold out. Also: designating a writer whose books are out of print.Also in extended use (of a tape, record, etc.).
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [adjective] > type of record
long-playing1883
out of print1896
seven-inch1902
twelve-inch1903
ten-inch1908
white-label1927
instantaneous1937
single-sided1937
long-play1948
pre-electric1960
platinum1964
1896 Notes & Queries 25 Apr. (advt.) All out-of-print books speedily procured.
1934 E. Pound Date Line in T. S. Eliot Lit. Ess. Ezra Pound (1968) 80 There must be a few copies of out-of-print volumes of mine still unpurloined from the New York and Brooklyn public libraries.
1973 L. Snelling Heresy i. 12 Some out-of-print unknown... Why, by the way, is he unknown and out of print?
1977 Gramophone Sept. 448/2 (advt.) We still have secondhand LP and 78 Departments where many unusual and out of print records may be found.
1999 Leading Lights 2 No. 12. 32 Our book-search service improves every day as we trace interesting out-of-print books for our readers.
C. n.
In form out-of-print. A book which is out of print; (with the and plural agreement) out-of-print books as a class.
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1950 John o' London's Weekly 7 July 398/3 Every reader has got his own favourites among the out-of-print.
1997 JMS's Out-of-Prints in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Nov. Between Books.com for in-prints..and Curious Kiwi for out-of-prints, bibliophiles can truly find Nirvana without leaving the workstation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.adj.n.1580
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