| 单词 | pay-library |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspay-library pay-library n. ΚΠ 1875 Gen. Soc. Mechanics & Trademen N. Y. : 89th Ann. Rep. 18 All books marked with a star (*)..can only be taken from the Library upon the payment of a nominal sum,..thereby meeting the provisions of the will, ‘that it shall be a pay Library for ever’. 1904 Critic (N.Y.) May 435 The total number of calls for each book during three months in a pay library. 1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Mar. vii. 5/1 Trudi Montag's pay library, where the retired butcher..borrows two nurse-and-doctor novels a week. 2011 U. Hegi Children & Fire iii. 17 She..barters it [sc. the embroidery] for groceries from Weiler's store, books from the pay-library, and medical advice from Frau Doktor Rosen. < as lemmas |
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