bookmanship

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Skill in, or appreciation of, the editing and production design of books; being a connoisseur of books; love of books.

    不可数

    As library school graduates appear only semiliterate in terms of the book as a physical, aesthetic object, such critics wonder what has happened to the role of bookmanship in library education.

    Bookmanship is a way of life: you live to acquire books.

  2. 2.

    Skill in using books; profiting from one's reading; erudition.

    不可数

    1946 [2001] Holbrook Jackson The reading of books p.10 (University of Illinois Press, 2001) →ISBN Bookmanship is the art of adjusting literature to life.

词源

From bookman + -ship. Compare penmanship.

来源：wiktionary