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buckram/ˈbʌkrəm/ n. & adj.●n. 1 a coarse linen or other cloth stiffened with gum or paste, and used as interfacing or in bookbinding (上过胶或浆、用于连接、书籍装订用的)硬麻布 2 archaic stiffness in manner [古义] (举止)生硬 ●adj. archaic starchy; formal [古义]拘谨的；刻板的 □ men in buckram non-existent persons; figments (Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV II. iv. 210 － 50) 不存在的人物；杜撰的人物(见莎士比亚剧《亨利四世》 II. IV. 210 － 50) [Middle English from Anglo-French bukeram, Old French boquerant, perhaps from Bokhara (now Bukhara) in central Asia] |