baedeker
['beidikə]
- n. 旅行指南；入门手册
- n. (Baedeker)人名；(德)贝德克尔
英英释义
- 1. any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker
英文词源
- Baedeker
- "travel guide," 1863, from German printer and bookseller Karl Baedeker (1801-1859) whose popular travel guides began the custom of rating places with one to four stars. The Baedeker raids by the Luftwaffe in April and May 1942 targeted British cultural and historical sites.