单词 | picture postcard |
释义 | > as lemmaspicture postcard picture postcard n. and adj. (a) n. a postcard having a picture (esp. a scenic view) printed on one side; (figurative) something reminiscent of or suitable for a picture postcard, something pretty or attractive; (b) adj. conventionally attractive or pretty, as a picture postcard. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > card > [noun] card1596 message card1746 birthday card1797 view card1822 acceptance1837 Easter card1842 wedding-cards1847 comic1860 postcard1869 letter card1870 postal card1870 pc1876 postal1877 note-card1884 photo card1890 greeting-card1898 picture postcard1899 seaside postcard1955 sympathy card1967 the world > the earth > land > landscape > [adjective] > scenic > picturesque boscaresque1742 pastoral1815 picture postcard1899 picture-postcardish1969 1899 Daily News 18 July 5/1 Every method has been placed in the service of the picture post-card industry. 1907 R. Brooke Let. 23 Aug. (1968) 100 Staring at picture-postcard skies & snow. 1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza xli. 491 A picture postcard of sunset. 2001 Oxf. American Mar.–Apr. 106/1 [The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition] debuted products and ideas that would become modern American staples..picture postcards, hamburgers, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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