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单词 bookmobile
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bookmobile

[ book-muh-beel, -moh- ]
/ ˈbʊk məˌbil, -moʊ- /
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noun

an automobile, small truck, or trailer constructed to carry books and serve as a traveling library, as for communities where libraries are not accessible.

Origin of bookmobile

First recorded in 1935–40; book + -mobile

Words nearby bookmobile

book lung, bookmaker, bookman, bookmark, book match, bookmobile, book of account, Book of Books, Book of Changes, Book of Common Prayer, book off
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Example sentences from the Web for bookmobile

  • For example, the bookmobile was a WPA program—old bread and milk trucks full of nailed-up shelves.

    James Lee Burke Talks About His Fiction, History, and the American Dream|David Masciotra|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for bookmobile

bookmobile
/ (ˈbʊkməˌbiːl) /

noun

US and Canadian a vehicle providing lending library facilitiesAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): mobile library
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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