| 单词 | character property |
| 释义 | > as lemmascharacter property C2. attributive. With the sense ‘that has or lends distinctive style’; full of character; as character property, character feature, character conversion, etc. Cf. sense 8b.Chiefly in the language of classified advertisements. ΚΠ 1913 Times 20 Dec. 14/3 (advt) Old character house required in Warwickshire. Genuine old Elizabethan, Queen Anne, or Jacobean residence required in Warwickshire. 1932 Times 15 Mar. 28/1 (advt) Gem of antiquity... Equipped with the luxuries of to-day... Electric light, central heating... Old beams, ingle-nooks, and character features. 1962 Observer 6 May 36/6 (advt.) Weybridge..in Parklike surroundings, character conversion offering 3 bedrooms. 1979 N.Y. Mag. 23 July 72/2 (advt) Comfortable 3 bedroom character home near Biscayne Bay and Beaches. 1988 Yachting Jan. 242/1 (advt.) An attractive character yacht built as a little ship and conscientiously maintained. 2006 S. Townsend Queen Camilla 100 Sandra..had told the snooty estate agent, employed to find them a character property, that the house must have ‘the wow factor’. < as lemmas |
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