| 单词 | best-read |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbest-read best-read adj. (a) (of a person) that is very (or the most) well-read; (b) (of a book, author, etc.) read by the most people. ΚΠ 1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie 57 Lilly, the famous for facility in discourse: Spencer, best read in ancient Poetry: Daniel, choise in word, and inuention [etc.]. 1696 W. Nicolson Eng. Hist. Libr. I. v. 196 His Chronicle has been the best Read and Liked, of any hitherto publish'd. 1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 43 As to the religion of the natives, even the best read men in the fleet were unable to decide. 1853 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Homes of New World I. 43 Longfellow..is perhaps the best read and the most popular of the poets of America. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. viii. 214 Will better know what is best to know, than the best-read bishop. 1915 J. Turner Let. July in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 17 He is one of the best-read men I have come across. 1986 Family Handyman Nov. 58/1 Among the best-read periodicals here is Builder magazine. 2011 D. Burstein in D. Burstein et al. Tattooed Girl p. xv My mother was one of the best read and most deep-thinking readers I have ever known. < as lemmas |
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