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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--solander(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年11月08日10:22:15 星期三), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
solander (suh-LAN-duhr) noun
A case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the
front cover and fore edge hinged.
[Named after Daniel Charles Solander (1736-1782), Swedish naturalist who
invented it.]
"Going through solander boxes in the British Museum and consulting
catalogues ...."
William Feaver, Art Four of a kind, The Guardian, Mar 26, 1995.
This week's theme: eponyms, or words coined after people's names.
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A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses
it. -Rabindranath Tagore, poet, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter,
educator, composer, Nobel laureate (1861-1941)
Q: Some time ago you featured a quote about foo in AWAD. Could you resend it?
A: You may search the archives at http://wordsmith.org/awad/search.html
or browse them at http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html All the
words and quotes since the beginning of AWAD are available there.
Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/solander.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/solander.ram
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