| 单词 | social register |
| 释义 | > as lemmassocial register social register n. originally and chiefly U.S. (usually with capital initials) (the name of) a directory of persons who are socially prominent (also as adj.); (also in extended use) a union blacklist (rare). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > directory of names or pedigrees court-guide1814 stud book1834 social register1886 society > communication > book > kind of book > reference book > [noun] > directories peerage1766 court-guide1814 blue book1822 stud book1834 peerage book1843 social register1886 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] > of social register social register1939 society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union > union blacklist social register1945 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > censure or condemnation > black-listing > black list or book > of employers or employees blacklist1847 social register1945 1874 N.Y. Times 30 Jan. 4/7 The first two are names of financial magnates of the first water... They are A1, gilt-edged, in the financial and social register.] 1886 (title) Social Register, New York. 1939 C. Boothe Kiss Boys Good-bye Introd. p. xvi The ‘slumming’ social-register aristocrats, now a little wearied of Marx's ‘shocking-pink’ which goes so badly with complexions that are beginning to be a touch green. 1945 Seafarers' Log 6 July 6/4 The crew recommended that the ‘advantages’ of the social register be extended to William Chance and J. D. Bell, both trip carders. 1949 Sat. Evening Post 15 Oct. 142/3 The student body..has a heavy sprinkling of millionaires' sons and Social Register families. 1981 Newsweek 20 July 24/3 Martha von Bulow was pure Social Register, born into wealth, educated in the best private schools, and married for a time to an Austrian prince. 1992 M. Anderson Impostors in Temple v. 124 The kind of people who prefer the company only of those listed in the Social Register and who rarely associate with those whom they consider lesser men and women. < as lemmas |
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