单词 | register office |
释义 | ˈregister ˈoffice a. An office at which a register of any kind is kept, or where registration is made. b. spec. the office of a registrar of births, marriages, and deaths. The officially correct form in the U.K. at the present time (1981). Cf. registry office 2.
1760Foote Minor i. Wks. 1799 I. 247, I have advertis'd this morning, in the register-office, for servants under seventeen. 1779Sheridan Critic i. i, My drawing-room is an absolute register-office for candidate actors, and poets without character. 1810Walsh Genius & Dispos. Fr. Gov. (ed. 5) 108 Register offices abound in every part of the empire. 1835Act 5 & 6 Will. IV, c. 19 §19 There shall be established in the Port of London an office to be called ‘The General Register Office of Merchant Seamen’. 1893M. Cholmondeley Diana Tempest i, The marriage at the local register office. 1954T. S. Eliot Confidential Clerk iii. 121 We'd meant to be married very quietly In a register office. 1976Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 2 Nov. 6/5 Colours are gradually creeping into the dresses in shades of palest pinks and blue satin ribbon edging, and cream is a favourite for register office weddings. 1980Times 13 Aug. 1/8 Couples [in Russia] intending to get married apply to the local register office. Comb.1782F. Burney Cecilia vii. ix, No register-office keeper has been pestered with more claimants. |

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