| 单词 | bookstand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbookstand bookstand n. (a) a stand or stall for the sale of books or other publications; (b) a stand or case for storing books. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > receptacle for books > [noun] > bookcase libraryc1374 deska1552 bookpress1611 bookcase1698 bookstand1743 bookrack1809 book unit1901 society > trade and finance > trading place > stall or booth > [noun] > for sale of other specific goods bookstand1743 bookstall1753 newsstand1867 paper kiosk1935 1743 J. Smart Let. from Lady at Madrass (title page) Sold by..Bookseller,..near the Bull and Gate,..and at the Book-Stand, the Corner of Chancery Lane. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. xlv. 492 Thirty very large desks or book-stands of an extraordinary size..stand upon four long tables. 1807 W. Scott Let. 13 Jan. (1932) I. 346 The great genius who invented the gilded inlaid or Japan bookstands for boudoirs & drawing rooms. 1821 Q. Musical Mag. 3 153 My song is immediately printed and published by others, and I have the mortification of seeing it exposed for sale at three-pence..on almost every old book-stand in..the metropolis. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xiv. 303 A bookstand that supported a pile of sketch-books. 1923 Tempest 15 May 7/2 Students visited all the book stands where the magazine was on sale and demanded that the proprietors take it off. 1999 P. Mishra Romantics (2001) i. ii. 27 Besides the strong cot there was a rough study table, a wooden chair and a jute-and-bamboo bookstand. 2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 273 The companies he mentions in his blockbusters often go belly up before the paperback edition hits the bookstands. < as lemmas |
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