matchbook

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small assemblage of cut and folded paperboard comprising a folded sheet (the matchcover) and some rows of matches (paperboard strips with the ends dipped to produce the matchheads), generally with a striker on the outside.

    My company had matchbooks printed with the corporate logo as giveaway promotional items.

  2. 1.

    A book in which data from sports matches is recorded.

    古体

    Near-synonym: scorebook

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词源

From match + book, since the 1890s. Paper matches were developed in the 1880s; folded books containing them, and the strike-on-cover concept, were developed in the 1890s; more in Wikipedia at matchbook.

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