| 释义 |
Wendy house
Also with small initial or hyphen.
[Named after the small house built around Wendy in J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904).]
A small house-like structure for children to play in.
1949M. Atkinson Junior School Community 11 Wendy house—made by a joiner: two large pieces of plywood hinged together. 1957Listener 9 May 743 There is a Wendy-house in the corner [of the class room]. 1971Where Dec. 356/1 They have performed wonders in getting the bus and re-equipping it with ladders, a wendy house and even a telephone. 1977J. McClure Sunday Hangman viii. 80 The rocking horse was legless.., the pedal car was a write-off, and the Wendy house had been trampled flat. |