| 单词 | reading room |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreading room reading room n. (a) a room devoted to reading, esp. in a library or public building; (b) the proofreaders' room in a printing office (now rare). ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [noun] > reading room lectorya1387 reading room1759 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > reading room reading room1759 newsroom1792 1759 T. Gray Let. 8 Aug. in Corr. (1971) II. 632 I often pass four hours in the day in the stillness & solitude of the reading room [at the British Museum]. 1863 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 63 The building known till lately as ‘the Radcliffe Library’ is now used as a Reading Room in connection with the Bodleian Library under the name of ‘Camera Bodleiana’. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 111 Reading room, the department which includes the reading staff. 1963 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 47 165/1 It is wise to obtain a second pass card, since the withdrawal of..one book..requires the deposit of the card and thus leaves the user without access to the main reading room. 1995 Private Eye 8 Sept. 25/1 A little pink number by Yves St Laurent is no substitute for a ticket to the British Museum Reading Room and some brow-creasing application. < as lemmas |
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