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单词 Filofax
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Definition of Filofax in English:

Filofax

noun ˈfʌɪlə(ʊ)faksˈfaɪloʊˌfæks
trademark
  • A loose-leaf notebook for recording appointments, addresses, and notes.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This year alone I've lost a Filofax, a camera and my wallet, and every one of those items has been returned.
    • I so need to sort out driving lessons, but until I get my provisional licence back (it having been within the Filofax I left at a friends seven weeks ago) then I can't even get started on that score.
    • Like any other proud grandmother, she carries pictures of all her grandchildren in her Filofax.
    • Most likely it's because I'm on somebody's Rolodex or in their Filofax, and I think I know whose - a diplomat I knew and liked in the US, and who later had a spell at Buckingham Palace.

Origin

1930s: representing a colloquial pronunciation of file of facts.

 
 

Definition of Filofax in US English:

Filofax

nounˈfīlōˌfaksˈfaɪloʊˌfæks
trademark
  • A loose-leaf notebook for recording appointments, addresses, and notes.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Like any other proud grandmother, she carries pictures of all her grandchildren in her Filofax.
    • Most likely it's because I'm on somebody's Rolodex or in their Filofax, and I think I know whose - a diplomat I knew and liked in the US, and who later had a spell at Buckingham Palace.
    • This year alone I've lost a Filofax, a camera and my wallet, and every one of those items has been returned.
    • I so need to sort out driving lessons, but until I get my provisional licence back (it having been within the Filofax I left at a friends seven weeks ago) then I can't even get started on that score.

Origin

1930s: representing a colloquial pronunciation of file of facts.

 
 
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