| 单词 | run-and-read |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrun-and-read run-and-read adj. [after to run and read at Phrases 1a(b)] now rare (attributive) given to, characterized by, or suitable for hasty or cursory reading, or (in extended use) superficial or careless thinking. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [adjective] > given to hasty reading run-and-read1844 1844 Apprentice Dec. 157/2 We esteem it a benefaction in works of this class, if in no other respects, in this, that they stop us in the run-and-read system, draw out our thoughts, and cause us to get possession of theirs. 1861 N. Brit. Rev. May 184/1 A time that is well calculated to produce a run-and-read sort of mind. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 June 2/3 The ordinary run-and-read public. 1948 S. Arne United Nations Primer (rev. ed.) 185 It became difficult for the run-and-read type of person to remember that the whirlwind of brutality had been unleashed from Berlin. 1959 America 19 Sept. 742/3 Restoring to literary favor the personal essay..in a run-and-read style appropriate, for better or worse, to our day. < as lemmas |
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