| 单词 | book holder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbook holder book holder n. a person who or thing which holds a book, spec. †a theatrical prompter (obsolete); also in extended use; cf. book-bearer n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > prompter book-bearer1530 book holder1585 prompter1585 ordinary1602 under-prompter1781 prompt1969 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 501 He that telleth the players their part when they are out and have forgotten, the prompter or booke~holder. 1659 Lady Alimony i. ii. sig. A3 What a drolling bufflehead is this.—He has been Book-holder to my Revels for decads of years. 1780 E. Malone Suppl. Shakespeare's Plays I. 30 Both the prompter, or book-holder, as he was sometimes called, and the property-man, appear to have been regular appendages of our ancient theatres. 1838 Southern Literary Messenger June 355/1 He imagined that the reclining posture was most favorable to study; and, as it was tiresome to hold anything before his eyes, while stretched upon the bed, contrived a book-holder, for this purpose. 1968 L. C. Miller How to direct High School Play 29/2 Your secretary or book-holder stops the action if a member of the cast moves incorrectly either upstage or downstage. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Apr. 45/2 The easyreader can hold books of any size, a claim many other book holders make but fail to deliver. < as lemmas |
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