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bookend

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++book·end /ˈbʊkend/ noun [countable usually plural]  DHFone of a pair of objects that you put at the end of a row of books to prevent them from falling over 书挡,书靠,书立
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bookendHood ornaments of streamlined nymphs bearing tiny globes stood as bookends to his Architectural Digests.The onyx was shipped to Tijuana to be fabricated into bookends, chessmen and other tourist kitsch.
book·end nounChineseSyllable
of one objects a of that pair Corpus


bookend
bookend /ˈbʊkend/ noun [countable usually plural]

one of a pair of objects that you put at the end of a row of books to prevent them from falling over


book·endBrE /ˈbʊkend/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbʊkend/ 🔊 noun [usually plural] one of a pair of objects used to keep a row of books standing up 书挡