bookend

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbʊkɛnd/|/ˈbɵkɛnd/    美 /ˈbʊkɛnd/|/ˈbʊkend/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
  2. Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else. figuratively
    — The cabinet minister's appearance served as something of a bookend to her grilling by the Home Affairs select committee in April this year[…]
动词 v.
  1. To come before and after, or at both sides of. figuratively,often,transitive
    — Side one has good songs bookended by better songs.

词形变化

bookends plural book-end alternative book end alternative bookends present,singular,third-person bookending participle,present bookended participle,past bookended past

词源

词源 1
From book + end.
词源 2
From book + end.
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