【almanac】 - A-level备考词汇

almanac

UK:  ['ɔːlmə.næk]

US:  ['ɔlmə.næk, 'ælmə.næk]

复数：almanacs  

n.

1.历书,日历,月份牌;年鉴

2.〔天〕年历;历书

1 . According to the allusion of the almighty almanac, the government decided to set an altar on top of an alp which once was an allusion.
根据全能的历书暗示，政府决定在一座山峰的顶上设置一个祭坛，那儿曾经是一个冲击层。

2 . Franklin created a similar character in Poor Richard Saunders, the pseudonym he used when he began to publish an annual almanac.
Franklin还创作了一个人物穷查理（PoorRichardSaunders），在出版他的年鉴时，就使用的这个笔名。

3 . He made a patent-medicine almanac into a roll and fitted it with unprofitable carefulness about his finger.
他把一本成药年鉴卷起来，毫无意义仔细地使卷口的大小与他的手指相符。

4 . He continued to publish it annually for about 25 years, and it came to be known as Poor Richard's Almanac.
这本年鉴持续出版了近25年，以《穷理查年鉴》为人们所熟知。

5 . The bareness of the walls was relieved only by a coloured almanac and some paper pictures which the children had tacked upon them .
墙上只有一些彩色日历和一些孩子们贴上去的纸画聊以点缀。