英语词汇“tall copy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Of more than average length measured from bottom to top, as a tall copy of a book, a tall folio. tall hat, a silk hat with high cylindrical crown.

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1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 217 Very like a small and vulgar Lyzard, except..theyr legges taller, and their tayle longer.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. iii. 30 The faith they haue in Tennis and tall Stockings, Short blistred Breeches, and those types of Trauell.

a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 4 I..was to Write Bills as tall as the Monument.

17.. John o' Hazelgreen v, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1894) V. ix. 163 Wi arms tall, and fingers small—He's comely to be seen.

1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. I. xxi. 237 The size of the margin is of great importance. I could not conceive what was meant by a tall copy, till this was explained to me. If the leaves of an old book have never been cut smooth, its value is greatly enhanced.

1819 W. Scott Let. 20 July (1933) V. 420 A second edition of Walter Scott, a tall copy, as collectors say, and bound in Turkey leather.

1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. vi. 78 The charms of vellums, tall copies, and blind tooling.

1890 ‘Ouida’ Syrlin xiv They would go to Eton and wear ridiculous jackets and tall hats.

单词	tall copy
释义	> as lemmas tall copy b. Of more than average length measured from bottom to top, as a tall copy of a book, a tall folio. tall hat, a silk hat with high cylindrical crown. ΚΠ 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 217 Very like a small and vulgar Lyzard, except..theyr legges taller, and their tayle longer. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. iii. 30 The faith they haue in Tennis and tall Stockings, Short blistred Breeches, and those types of Trauell. View more context for this quotation a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 4 I..was to Write Bills as tall as the Monument. 17.. John o' Hazelgreen v, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1894) V. ix. 163 Wi arms tall, and fingers small—He's comely to be seen. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. I. xxi. 237 The size of the margin is of great importance. I could not conceive what was meant by a tall copy, till this was explained to me. If the leaves of an old book have never been cut smooth, its value is greatly enhanced. 1819 W. Scott Let. 20 July (1933) V. 420 A second edition of Walter Scott, a tall copy, as collectors say, and bound in Turkey leather. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. vi. 78 The charms of vellums, tall copies, and blind tooling. 1890 ‘Ouida’ Syrlin xiv They would go to Eton and wear ridiculous jackets and tall hats. extracted from talladj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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