| 单词 | book thief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbook thief book thief n. a person who steals books; also figurative (esp. in early use) a plagiarist. ΚΠ 1596 R. Brooke Disc. Certaine Errours (end matter) sig. 4v Ah wicked Booke-theefe whosoeuer did it. 1758 J. Brown Estimate Manners & Princ. Times II. i. 75 Book-Thieves..abuse, maim, or murder, every honest Author who is possessed of ought worth their carrying off. 1868 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen & News 1 Jan. An investigation showed her to be a professional book thief, who already had stolen property on her person. 1908 Bull. Amer. Libr. Assoc. Sept. 251/1 Alas, it cannot be denied that we have book thieves with us always. 2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 22 July 25 The Cambridge-educated serial book thief who has just been sent to prison for taking books from the Royal Horticultural Society..probably thought that he was showing his connoisseurship. < as lemmas |
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