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单词 cheese room
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cheese roomn.1

Brit. /ˈtʃiːz ruːm/, /ˈtʃiːz rʊm/, U.S. /ˈtʃiz ˌrum/, /ˈtʃiz ˌrʊm/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cheese n.1, room n.1
Etymology: < cheese n.1 + room n.1
A room in which cheese is made, dried, or stored.
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1756 C. Charke Hist. Henry Dumont & Miss Charlotte Evelyn viii. 100 What now appears grossly absurd in their behaviour, behind a plow, or in a cheese-room.
1790 J. Nichols Addit. Coll. Antiq. Leicester 745 A low building with a leaded roof, the upper part whereof is converted into a cheese-room, and the lower into a cow-house.
1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 14/2 The cheese-room is always very cool, and little light is admitted.
1873 E. Smith Foods i. xvii. 122 The temperature of the cheese room should not be too low.
1910 W. de la Mare Three Mulla-mulgars (1919) xv. 180 The Men of the Mountains..came down carrying sacks or suchlike out of their nut pantries and cheese-rooms.
1982 P. Rance Great Brit. Cheese Bk. I. iii. 58 To ensure the necessary warmth, the cheese room was commonly over the cowshed and under a thatched roof.
2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Jan. 24/2 She dashes into her cheese room to add culture, wash rinds, add rennet, ripen wheels on racks, move cheeses into the cave.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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