bibliomania
/bib-lee-oh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh/US // ˌbɪb li oʊˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə //UK // (ˌbɪblɪəʊˈmeɪnɪə) //
读书狂,读书癖,读书狂魔,图书狂热症
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
Examples
He is introduced under the name of Prospero in Dibdin's Bibliomania.
In fact, Dibdin says in his Bibliomania that Mr. Cuthell exclaimed in his hearing that they were given away.
Brunet wrote that at this sale the thermometer of the bibliomania reached its highest point.
There has been one instance, doubtless, in the records of bibliomania, of two thousand pounds having been given for one book.
The possession of a private printing-press is, no doubt, a very appalling type of bibliomania.
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