单词 | before-using |
释义 | > as lemmasbefore-using before-using adj. now rare (attributive) designating or relating to the first of a pair of contrasting images illustrating a salutary or beneficial change after use of a product; cf. before and after adj. ΚΠ 1883 Puck (N.Y.) 2 May 147/3 He..looks sadder than the ‘before-using-portrait’ of an anti-lean advertisement. 1890 Druggists' Bull. Oct. 356/1 I'm a-working as a travelling advertisement for a soap firm. I'm the ‘Before Using’ card, and my partner around the corner represents the ‘After Using’ end of the combination. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress iv. 54 A fellow with the appearance of a before-using advertisement of an antifat medicine. < as lemmas |
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