| 单词 | by the book |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby the book e. by the book (also †by book): (in early use) in a set manner, by rote; formally; (later) conventionally, in accordance with the rules (cf. sense 12). Also attributive: that follows the rules, conventional. 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 world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > in conformity with or according to [phrase] > according to rule by the book1556 in form1703 1556 E. Bonner Honest Instr. Bringinge vp Children Pref. sig. A.iiv To knowe by the boke, & thereby to auoyde, the seuen deadly synnes. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 109 You kisse by the booke . View more context for this quotation a1658 J. Cleveland Vituperium Uxoris in Wks. (1687) 269 She..To scold by Book will take upon her, Rhetorically chide him. 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green 69 Furth started neist a pensy Blade, And out a Maiden took, They said that he was Falkland bred, And danced by the Book. 1843 E. A. Poe Murders in Rue Morgue in Prose Romances 11 To have a retentive memory, and to proceed by ‘the book’, are points commonly regarded as the sum total of good playing. 1879 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 148/2 You can't bring a baby up by book. 1965 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 10 Jan. 11 b/3 His by-the-book approach to code enforcement. 1986 E. E. Scharff Worldly Power xiii. 235 His writing had always been plodding, say editors, and he was considered a by-the-book sort of bureau chief. 2005 N.Y. Mag. 23 May 26/2 He co-wrote a memoir in 1992..a hackneyed..tale of a cage-rattler who bucked the system and never did anything by the book. < as lemmas |
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