road bookn.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊdbʊk/, U.S.

/ˈroʊdˌbʊk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., book n.

Etymology: < road n. + book n.

1. A book of maps showing the roads of a district or country, often having additional information of interest to travellers or motorists; (also formerly) a book describing particular roads or routes. Also occasionally in extended use.Now frequently in the titles of such books.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > guidebook > type of

road book1806

1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan II. v. i. 401 Upon their journeys they make use of a fan, which hath the roads printed upon it...Some instead of such a fan make use of a road book [Ger. kleine Bücher].

1779 B. Talbot New Art of Land Measuring App. 405 If the road to be surveyed lead from a town, then begin at some remarkable place..which place, insert at the top of your road-book.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 136 After starting on a very long journey..discovering that you have left your road-book behind, so that you see everything in profound ignorance.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 311 These computations are strongly confirmed by the road books and maps of the seventeenth century.

1887 ‘K. Kron’ Ten Thousand Miles on Bicycle 702 Why not publish a bicycler's road-book of your own, and index every proper name in it entirely to your heart's content?

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Jan. 80/2 The civil aviation section [of Jane's All the World's Aircraft] continues to act as a world-wide aviation ‘road-book’.

1966 Geogr. Jrnl. 132 274 The Road Book has over 30 pages of pleasant and informative maps on the scale of five miles to the inch, together with a map showing west coast ferry routes.

1990 Times (Nexis) 13 Feb. Robson veered from dramatized readings out of an AA Roadbook (‘We are handy for the A19 here’) to Wordsworthian observations on the nature of nature.

2. A narrative of a journey by road, esp. a journey that alters a person's outlook on life (cf. road movie n. at road n. Compounds 6). Also occasionally: a logbook kept by the driver of a commercial vehicle.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] > of journey by road

road book1827

1827 T. Dibdin Reminiscences II. xv. 369 (heading) Autobiographical road-book.

1843 N. Hawthorne Celestial Rail-Road 13 Consulting Mr. Bunyan's road-book, I perceived that we must now be within a few miles of the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 393 Ghulamshah set to work washing our flannel shirts, and I to writing up the road-book.

1939 ‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife xvii. 246 You sign my road-book, cock, or I'm not opening this van.

1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 Dec. vii. 11 ‘A love story of the Wild West’, says the subtitle—but clearly ‘Darlin' Bill’ is a road book as well.

1997 Esquire Feb. 52/1 Lolita is the ultimate road book.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	road book
释义	road bookn. Brit. /ˈrəʊdbʊk/, U.S. /ˈroʊdˌbʊk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., book n. Etymology: < road n. + book n. 1. A book of maps showing the roads of a district or country, often having additional information of interest to travellers or motorists; (also formerly) a book describing particular roads or routes. Also occasionally in extended use.Now frequently in the titles of such books. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > guidebook > type of road book1806 1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan II. v. i. 401 Upon their journeys they make use of a fan, which hath the roads printed upon it...Some instead of such a fan make use of a road book [Ger. kleine Bücher]. 1779 B. Talbot New Art of Land Measuring App. 405 If the road to be surveyed lead from a town, then begin at some remarkable place..which place, insert at the top of your road-book. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 136 After starting on a very long journey..discovering that you have left your road-book behind, so that you see everything in profound ignorance. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 311 These computations are strongly confirmed by the road books and maps of the seventeenth century. 1887 ‘K. Kron’ Ten Thousand Miles on Bicycle 702 Why not publish a bicycler's road-book of your own, and index every proper name in it entirely to your heart's content? 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Jan. 80/2 The civil aviation section [of Jane's All the World's Aircraft] continues to act as a world-wide aviation ‘road-book’. 1966 Geogr. Jrnl. 132 274 The Road Book has over 30 pages of pleasant and informative maps on the scale of five miles to the inch, together with a map showing west coast ferry routes. 1990 Times (Nexis) 13 Feb. Robson veered from dramatized readings out of an AA Roadbook (‘We are handy for the A19 here’) to Wordsworthian observations on the nature of nature. 2. A narrative of a journey by road, esp. a journey that alters a person's outlook on life (cf. road movie n. at road n. Compounds 6). Also occasionally: a logbook kept by the driver of a commercial vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] > of journey by road road book1827 1827 T. Dibdin Reminiscences II. xv. 369 (heading) Autobiographical road-book. 1843 N. Hawthorne Celestial Rail-Road 13 Consulting Mr. Bunyan's road-book, I perceived that we must now be within a few miles of the Valley of the Shadow of Death. 1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 393 Ghulamshah set to work washing our flannel shirts, and I to writing up the road-book. 1939 ‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife xvii. 246 You sign my road-book, cock, or I'm not opening this van. 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 Dec. vii. 11 ‘A love story of the Wild West’, says the subtitle—but clearly ‘Darlin' Bill’ is a road book as well. 1997 Esquire Feb. 52/1 Lolita is the ultimate road book. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727
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