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单词 card-indexed
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card-indexedadj.

Brit. /ˌkɑːdˈɪndɛkst/, U.S. /ˌkɑrdˈɪnˌdɛkst/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: card index v., -ed suffix1; card index n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: Probably partly (i) < card index v. + -ed suffix1, and partly (ii) < card index n. + -ed suffix2. Compare card-indexing n.
Having a card index; indexed with, or as with, a card index. Cf. card index n.
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1892 N.Y. Times 28 May 1/3 Now it is a card-indexed system, compact, convenient, reliable.
1911 Cosmopolitan June 130/1 All the vast store of information that he had treasured up in that marvelous brain of his, ready to be called on almost as if his mind were card-indexed.
1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 188 He pulled out a drawer of card-indexed photographs.
1997 Countryman Spring 94 They have kept the stacks of wooden drawers containing the old card-indexed catalogue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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