单词 | bout book |
释义 | > as lemmasbout book a. without (†one's) book (in early use also † bout book): without the aid of a book, from memory, by rote; (figurative) without authority. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > memorization > [adverb] on breastOE bout bookOE by rotea1325 by hearta1387 without (one's) booka1413 par coeura1425 cordially1479 perqueerc1480 cordiala1500 by the book1556 memoriter1612 memorially1660 from memory1856 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] > lacking authority singlec1449 wavering?a1513 without (one's) booka1569 unauthoritative1644 inauthoritative1659 OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 34 Æfter þam fylige capitel of þæra apostola lare gemyndelice butan bec [a1225 Winteney buten bocc] gesæd. a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 74 Leorny bute bok vych del. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 291 This knew he wel y-nough with-oute book. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 212 Which gouernauncis he schulde kepe whilis he is reding, or vocaly withoute book speking. 1564 Advertmts. in E. Cardwell Documentary Ann. Church Eng. (1839) I. 294 The archedeacon shall appoynte the curates to certaine taxes of the Newe Testamente to bee conde without booke. And at theire nexte synode to exact a rehearsall of them. a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) xii. 88 Sainct Paule..speaketh not without booke, but of experience. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 3 You must get it perfectly without booke, to saie it forwards and backwards. 1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 24 But, in so saying, he spake without his booke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 25 He..speaks three or four languages word for word without booke. View more context for this quotation 1692 J. Locke Toleration ii, in Wks. (1727) II. 272 To shew you that I do not speak wholly without Book. a1707 S. Patrick Auto-biogr. (1839) 87 The very prayers of the Liturgy, which I said without book. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. June 334/1 Let the Boys be set a running, as it were, with one another, in getting without Book. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 257 To speak loosely and without book. 1906 R. Whiteing Ring in New xiii. 95 Then Mary, with her head thrown back and her eyes closed, for she knew the whole composition without book, played one of the sublime choruses of nymphs and shepherds. 1992 E. L. Mascall Saraband vi. 130 Having had to memorise the Masonic rites and repeat them without book, he felt obliged to do the same with the Church's Liturgy. < as lemmas |
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